KPC and VIM producing Enterobacter cloacae strain from a hospital in northeastern Venezuela.
Invest Clin
; 56(2): 182-7, 2015 Jun.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26299058
An 83-year-old male patient is admitted to the central hospital in Cumana, Venezuela with severe urinary infection, history of hospitalizaions and prolonged antimicrobial treatments. A strain of Enterobacter cloacae was isolated showing resistance to multiple types of antibiotics (only sensitive to gentamicin), with phenotype of serine- and metallo-carbapenemases. Both, bla(VIM-2) and bla(KPC) genes were detected in the isolate. This is the first report of an Enterobacteriaceae species producing both KPC carbapenemase and VIM metallo carbapenemase in Venezuela. This finding has a great clinical and epidemiological impact in the region, because of the feasibility of transferring these genes, through mobile elements to other strains of Enterobacter and to other infection-causing species of bacteria.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Beta-Lactamasas
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Enterobacter cloacae
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Infecciones por Enterobacteriaceae
Límite:
Aged80
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Venezuela
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Invest Clin
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Venezuela