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Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. doi:10.1128/AAC.00719-09
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First Report of the Metallo-{beta}-lactamase, SPM-1, in Europe

Allaaeddin El Salabi, Mark A. Toleman, Janis Weeks, Thomas Bruderer, Reno Frei, and Timothy R. Walsh*

School of Medicine, Dept. Medical Microbiology, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK; Institut für Klinische Mikrobiologie und Immunologie, Frohbergstrasse 3, 9001 St. Gallen, Switzerland; Universitätsspital Basel, Labormedizin Klinische Mikrobiologie, Abteilungsleiter Petersgraben 4, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: WalshTR{at}Cardiff.ac.uk.


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Abstract

In 1997 the first SPM-1 positive Pseudomonas aeruginosa (isolate 48-1997A) was characterized from Sao Paulo, Brazil from a 4 year old leukaemic girl. ...






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