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V. Di Gaetano

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A novel VIM‐type metallo‐beta‐lactamase (VIM‐14) in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolate from a neonatal intensive care unit

2011

AbstractA Pseudomonas aeruginosa highly resistant to carbapenems was isolated in a neonatal intensive care unit in Palermo, Italy. The strain was found to carry a novel VIM‐type enzyme, classified as VIM‐14. The novel enzyme differs from VIM‐4 in a G31S mutation. VIM‐14 was harboured in a class 1 integron with a new organization. The integron carried the genes aac7, blaVIM‐14, blaOXA‐20 and aac4 in that order.

DNA BacterialMicrobiology (medical)Settore MED/07 - Microbiologia E Microbiologia ClinicaNeonatal intensive care unitSettore MED/17 - Malattie Infettivemetallo-b-lactamaseAntibiotic resistancemetallo-β-lactamasemedicine.medical_treatmentMolecular Sequence DataMicrobial Sensitivity TestsBiologySettore MED/42 - Igiene Generale E Applicatamedicine.disease_causeIntegronbeta-LactamasesIntegronscarbapenemlaw.inventionMicrobiologyAntibiotic resistancelawDrug Resistance Multiple BacterialIntensive Care Units Neonatalpolycyclic compoundsmedicineHumansVIM-14Antibacterial agentBase SequencePseudomonas aeruginosaInfant Newbornmetallo‐β‐lactamaseAntibiotic resistance; carbapenems; metallo-b-lactamase; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; VIM-14Sequence Analysis DNAGeneral Medicinebiochemical phenomena metabolism and nutritionbacterial infections and mycosesbiology.organism_classificationIntensive care unitInfectious DiseasesPseudomonas aeruginosaBeta-lactamasebiology.proteinbacteriacarbapenemsVIM‐14PseudomonadaceaeClinical Microbiology and Infection
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Test alla tubercolina: proposta di scheda di valutazione del rischio e di interpretazione standardizzata

2004

Relevance of latent infection in the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) is expected to increase in many developed countries. Indeed, many demographic, social and public health changes could contribute to the expansion of groups or communities at significantly higher risk than the general population for infection to Mycobacterium tuberculosis or progression from latent to active disease. Tuberculin skin testing (TB), the gold standard for diagnosis of M. tuberculosis infection, is imperfect and prone to false positive and negative results, unless strictly targeted and carefully standardized for reliable performance and interpretation. This paper proposes a pre-test risk assessment questionnai…

standardizationrisk assessmentLatent tuberculosiSettore MED/42 - Igiene Generale E Applicata
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