Aims. We challenge the accepted distance of 3.2 kpc of GRO J1655-40. We present VLT-UVES spectroscopic observations to estimate the absorption toward the source, and determine a maximum distance of GRO J1655-40. Methods. We show that the accepted value of 3.2 kpc is taken for granted by many authors. We retrieved in the ESO archive UVES spectra taken in April 2004 when GRO J1655-40 was in quies...

In this study, the performance of the chromogenic medium CHROMagar™ KPC was evaluated and was compared with in-house-daily prepared McConkey agar plates supplemented with imipenem (1 mg/L) for the detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. In this surveillance study, rectal swabs were cultured on both media and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for bla(KPC) and bla(VIM) was used to ...

We present a new 12CO(J=1–0)–line survey of the Andromeda galaxy, M 31, with the highest resolution to date (23, or 85 pc along the major axis), observed On-the-Fly with the IRAM 30-m telescope. We mapped an area of about 2 ×0. 5 which was tightly sampled on a grid of 9 with a velocity resolution of 2.6 km s−1. The r.m.s. noise in the velocity-integrated map is around 0.35 K km s−1 on the Tmb-s...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to explore the activity of ceftazidime and ceftazidime/avibactam against a collection of isogenic strains of Escherichia coli DH10B possessing SHV and KPC β-lactamases containing single amino acid substitutions in the Ω-loop (residues 164-179). METHODS Ceftazidime and ceftazidime/avibactam MICs were determined by the agar dilution method for a panel ...

BACKGROUND KPC-type carbapenemases are increasingly prevalent in parts of the USA and Israel and are an emerging concern in South America, Europe and China. We investigated the UK's first two KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates. METHODS The isolates were referred to the UK's national reference laboratory for confirmation of carbapenem resistance. Susceptibilities were determined by a...

Increased incidence of infections due to Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC-Kp) was noted among patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) at a single hospital. An epidemiologic investigation identified KPC-Kp and non-KPC-producing, extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Kp in cultures from 2 endoscopes. Genotypi...

We used the HI data from the LAB survey to map the ring-shaped gap in HI density which lies slightly outside the solar circle. Adopting R0= 7.5 kpc, we find and average radius of 8.3 kpc and an average gap width of 0.8 kpc. The characteristics of the HI gap correspond closely to the expected ones, as predicted by theory and by numerical simulations of the gas flow near the corotation resonance.

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