fa فراوانی اینتگرون‌های کلاس I و II در ایزوله‌های بالینی سودوموناس آئروژینوزا مولد متالوبتالاکتاماز مقاله پژوهشی Original Research Article <p>Background and Objective: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic nosocomial pathogen. Evidence suggests that the incidence of enzyme-producing strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Metalo Beta Lactamases (MBL) is a major problem in the treatment of infections caused by this organism. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of class I and II integrons among metalobetalactamase producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from clinical samples from Zanjan hospitals. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 120 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from clinical specimens were collected from Zanjan hospitals in 2012-2013. After verifying isolates by biochemical tests, antibiotic susceptibility testing (Kirby-Baur method) was performed according to CLSI guidelines against 7 antibiotics. 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Iran J Microbiol. 2013 5: 36-41.</p> Keywords: Integron, Mtallo-beta-lactamase, Pseudomonas aeruginosa 111 119 http://journal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-4-824&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Nahid Keramati ناهید کرامتی 5200319475328460059207 5200319475328460059207 No Dept. of Microbiology, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Habib Zeighami حبیب ضیغمی zeighami@zums.ac.ir 5200319475328460059208 5200319475328460059208 Yes Dept. of Microbiology, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Fakhri Haghi فخری حقی 5200319475328460059209 5200319475328460059209 No Dept. of Microbiology, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran