Carbapenem Resistance among Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains from India: Evidence for Nationwide Endemicity of Multiple Metallo-β-Lactamase Clones (VIM-2, -5, -6, and -11 and the Newly Characterized VIM-18)

Carbapenem Resistance among Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains from India: Evidence for Nationwide Endemicity of Multiple Metallo-β-Lactamase Clones (VIM-2, -5, -6, and -11 and the Newly Characterized VIM-18) bla _VIM-2 -Harboring Integrons Isolated in India, Russia, and the United States Arise from an Ancestral Class 1 Integron Predating the Formation of the 3′ Conserved Sequence Molecular Epidemiology of Outbreak-Related Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Carrying the Novel Variant bla _VIM-17 Metallo-β-Lactamase Gene Characterization of the New Metallo-β-Lactamase VIM-13 and Its Integron-Borne Gene from a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinical Isolate in Spain VIM-15 and VIM-16, Two New VIM-2-Like Metallo-β-Lactamases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Bulgaria and Germany Molecular Epidemiology and Mechanisms of Carbapenem Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Spanish Hospitals First Organisms with Acquired Metallo-β-Lactamases (IMP-13, IMP-22, and VIM-2) Reported in Austria VIM-19, a Metallo-β-Lactamase with Increased Carbapenemase Activity from Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae Biochemical Characterization of Metallo-β-Lactamase VIM-11 from a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinical Strain Molecular Epidemiology of Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Norway and Sweden Shows Import of International Clones and Local Clonal Expansion