The emergence of NDM-1, IMP-7, IMP-26, IMP-62, IMP-76, VIM-4 and VIM-5 producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains, identification of a novel sequence type (ST3891) and analysis of virulence genes from a Malaysian tertiary hospital

• Kalaivani Kalai Chelvam,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Yue Min Lim,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Cindy Shuan Ju Teh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Sasheela Ponnampalavanar,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Jamuna Vadivelu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dean Office, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Vanitha Mariappan ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kumuthamalar@um.edu.my (KMV); vanitha.ma@ukm.edu.my (VM)

  Affiliation Center of Toxicology and Health Risk Studies (CORE), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2351-1597

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• Kumutha Malar Vellasamy

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kumuthamalar@um.edu.my (KMV); vanitha.ma@ukm.edu.my (VM)

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7661-3928

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