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First isolation of bla IMP-7 in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Japan

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We report here the first isolation in Japan of a carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain that carries the metallo-β-lactamase gene bla IMP-7. This isolate revealed high-level resistance to all of the tested antibiotics except for piperacillin, showing a multidrug-resistant phenotype.

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  1. Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Kasumi 1-2-3, Minami-ku, Hiroshima city, 734-8553, Japan

    Shuntaro Kouda, Masaru Ohara, Tamaki Fujiwara, Hitoshi Komatsuzawa & Motoyuki Sugai

  2. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Hiroshima General Hospital of West Japan Railway Company, Hiroshima, Japan

    Ryuichi Kuwahara

  3. Department of Urology, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center, Kure, Japan

    Masanobu Shigeta

  4. Department of Urology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

    Shuntaro Kouda & Tsuguru Usui

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Kouda, S., Kuwahara, R., Ohara, M. et al. First isolation of bla IMP-7 in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Japan. J Infect Chemother 13, 276–277 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10156-007-0520-0

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