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Production of metallo-β-lactamase among Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated in the State of Sergipe, Brazil

Overview of attention for article published in Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, April 2015
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Title
Production of metallo-β-lactamase among Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated in the State of Sergipe, Brazil
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, April 2015
DOI 10.1590/0037-8682-0198-2014
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Lívia Maria do Amorim Costa, Maria Emília de Castro Kling Fleming, Geraldo Renato de Paula, Lenise Arneiro Teixeira, Pedro Juan José Mondino, Sílvia Susana Bona de Mondino, Cláudia Rezende de Vieira Mendonça-Souza

Abstract

Acquired production of metallo-β-lactamases is an important mechanism of resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The objective of this study was to investigate the production of metallo-β-lactamase and the genetic diversity among ceftazidime-resistant P. aeruginosa isolates from State of Sergipe, Brazil. Metallo-β-lactamase was investigated using the disk approximation test and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Genetic diversity was evaluated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). A total of 48 (51.6%) isolates were resistant to ceftazidime. Six (12.2%) of these were positive for metallo-β-lactamase production. Only two (4.1%) of the ceftazidime-resistant isolates carried the bla SPM-1 gene. Production of metallo-β-lactamases was not the main mechanism of resistance to ceftazidime and carbapenems among P. aeruginosa strains in Sergipe, Brazil.

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Country Count As %
United States 1 6%
Unknown 17 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 33%
Student > Bachelor 3 17%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 11%
Professor 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Other 2 11%
Unknown 3 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 33%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 22%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 11%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 6%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 4 22%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 February 2016.
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#15,169,949
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Outputs from Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
#401
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#140,148
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Outputs of similar age from Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
#4
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