South American countries, are high for reasons that remain unclear. From our nationwide
network, we describe the first detection of the metallo-β-lactamase VIM-2 in clinical isolates
of P. aeruginosa from multiple cities within Colombia. Metallo-β-lactamases were not
detected in the two centers with the highest imipenem resistance rates. Clonality was noted
in five of the eight centers with strains meeting the criteria for molecular typing. The high …