VEB-1-like extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Kuwait

Authors
Poirel, L Rotimi, VO Mokaddas, EM Karim, A Nordmann, P
Citation
L. Poirel et al., VEB-1-like extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Kuwait, EM INFECT D, 7(3), 2001, pp. 468-470
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10806040 → ACNP
Volume
7
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
468 - 470
Database
ISI
SICI code
1080-6040(200105/06)7:3<468:VEBIPA>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Two clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients in intensive car e units in Kuwait were resistant to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins and sh owed a synergistic effect between ceftazidime and clavulanic acid. This is the first report of extended-spectrum enzymes from nosocomial isolates from the Middle East.