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Case Reports
. 2012 Aug;50(8):2830-2.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00924-12. Epub 2012 Jun 12.

First report of an extensively drug-resistant VIM-2 metallo-β-lactamase-producing Brevundimonas diminuta clinical isolate

Marisa N Almuzara  1 , Claudia M Barberis, Carlos H Rodríguez, Angela M R Famiglietti, Maria S Ramirez, Carlos A Vay
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First report of an extensively drug-resistant VIM-2 metallo-β-lactamase-producing Brevundimonas diminuta clinical isolate

Marisa N Almuzara et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Aug.

Abstract

In the literature, only three Brevundimonas diminuta environmental isolates carrying metallo-β-lactamase genes were recently published. However, so far, no B. diminuta clinical isolates carrying these carbapenem resistance genes have been described. Here we report the first VIM-2 metallo-β-lactamase-producing B. diminuta clinical isolate obtained from an immunocompromised patient.

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