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. 2001 May-Jun;7(3):468–470. doi: 10.3201/eid0703.010322

VEB-1-like extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Kuwait.

L Poirel 1, V O Rotimi 1, E M Mokaddas 1, A Karim 1, P Nordmann 1
PMCID: PMC2631808  PMID: 11384532

Abstract

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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