Identification and Characterization of a Novel aac(6′)-Iag Associated with the bla_IMP-1–Integron in a Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

• Kanao Kobayashi,

  Affiliations Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Urology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Ikue Hayashi,

  Affiliation Research Facility, Faculty of Dentistry, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Syuntaro Kouda,

  Affiliations Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Urology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Fuminori Kato,

  Affiliations Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Tamaki Fujiwara,

  Affiliations Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Shizuo Kayama,

  Affiliations Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Hideki Hirakawa,

  Affiliation Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Chiba, Japan

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• Hideyuki Itaha,

  Affiliations Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Hiroki Ohge,

  Affiliations Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Division of Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Naomasa Gotoh,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infection Control Science, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Tsuguru Usui,

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Akio Matsubara,

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Motoyuki Sugai

  * E-mail: sugai@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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