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Endogenous colonization by gentamicin-resistant gram-negative bacilli elaborating aminoglycoside
1Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232.
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
|September 1, 1990
Abstract:
Members of the family Enterobacteriaceae that elaborate aminoglycoside 3-5-acetyltransferase [AAC(3)-5] caused a nosocomial outbreak at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center and have persisted. To see whether the gene for AAC(3)-5 was present in the community, stool cultures of newly admitted patients and ambulatory persons were examined with a specific gene probe. AAC(3)-5-positive strains were present in the intestinal flora examined.