Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2001)

VEB-1-like Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Kuwait

  • Laurent Poirel,
  • Vincent O. Rotimi,
  • Eiman M. Mokaddas,
  • Amal Karim,
  • Patrice Nordmann

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0703.017322
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 3
pp. 468 – 470

Abstract

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Two clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients in intensive care units in Kuwait were resistant to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins and showed a synergistic effect between ceftazidime and clavulanic acid. This is the first report of extended-spectrum enzymes from nosocomial isolates from the Middle East.

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