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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2005, p. 3492-3494, Vol. 49, No. 8
0066-4804/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.49.8.3492-3494.2005
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First Detection of a Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Metalloenzyme in Two Enterobacteriaceae Isolates in Spain

Department of Microbiology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain,¹ Department of Microbiology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain²

Received 31 March 2005/ Returned for modification 15 April 2005/ Accepted 25 April 2005

Two strains of Enterobacteriaceae, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae, producing VIM-1 were isolated for the first time in Spain. In both strains, bla_VIM-1 was found to be carried on a gene cassette inserted into a class 1 integron. The bla_VIM-1-containing integron was located on a transferable plasmid.

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