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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, December 2006, p. 4220-4223, Vol. 50, No. 12
0066-4804/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.00300-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Molecular Epidemiology of VIM-4 Metallo-ß-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas sp. Isolates in Hungary{triangledown}

Balázs Libisch,1* Mónika Muzslay,2 Mária Gacs,1 János Minárovits,3 Márta Knausz,4 Joseph Watine,5 Gábor Ternák,6 Éva Kenéz,7 Ildikó Kustos,8 László Rókusz,9 Klára Széles,10 Boglárka Balogh,1 and Miklós Füzi1

Department of Bacteriology, National Center for Epidemiology, 1097 Budapest, Hungary,1 Department of Molecular Epidemiology, National Center for Epidemiology, 1097 Budapest, Hungary,2 Microbiological Research Group, National Center for Epidemiology, 1529 Budapest, Hungary,3 Aladár Petz County Teaching Hospital, 9023 Gyor, Hungary,4 Laboratoire de Biologie Polyvalente, Hôpital Général, 12027 Rodez Cédex 9, France,5 Department of Infectious Diseases, Baranya County Hospital, 7623 Pécs, Hungary,6 Laboratory of Microbiology, Baranya County Hospital, 7623 Pécs, Hungary,7 Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Pécs, 7643 Pécs, Hungary,8 Department of Internal Medicine, Central Military Hospital, 1553 Budapest, Hungary,9 Department of Epidemiology, National Public Health Service, 9024 Gyor, Hungary,10

Received 10 March 2006/ Returned for modification 24 May 2006/ Accepted 16 September 2006

VIM metallo-ß-lactamase-producing serotype O11 or O12 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates infecting or colonizing 19 patients from seven hospitals in Hungary were characterized between October 2003 and November 2005. Macrorestriction analysis revealed the involvement of hospitals from three different towns in northwest Hungary in an outbreak caused by VIM-4-producing P. aeruginosa.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Bacteriology, National Center for Epidemiology, 1097 Budapest, Gyáli út 2-6, Hungary. Phone: 36 1 476 11 18. Fax: 36 1 476 1234. E-mail: libischb{at}oek.antsz.hu.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 25 September 2006.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, December 2006, p. 4220-4223, Vol. 50, No. 12
0066-4804/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.00300-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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