Introduction of NDM-1 and OXA-370 from Brazil into Chile in strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from a single patient

Carrasco-Anabalón S.; Conceição Neto C.O.; D'Alincourt Carvalho-Assef A.P.; Lima, C. A.; Cifuentes M.; Silva F.; Barrera B.; Domínguez M.; González-Rocha G.; Bello-Toledo H.

Abstract

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae have rapidly disseminated worldwide and can colonize patients in healthcare centers. As in Chile the first isolations of NDM-1 and OXA-370 carbapenemases were related with a patient arriving from Brazil, the genetic relatedness of Klebsiella pneumoniae strains producers of these enzymes and isolated in both countries was assessed. PFGE analyses revealed that the isolates were clonally related, illustrating how travel contributes to the spread of multidrug-resistant microorganisms. In addition, the occurrence of three different carbapenemases in three different K. pneumoniae strains isolated from a single patient is described. (C) 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases.

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Título según WOS: Introduction of NDM-1 and OXA-370 from Brazil into Chile in strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from a single patient
Título según SCOPUS: Introduction of NDM-1 and OXA-370 from Brazil into Chile in strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from a single patient
Título de la Revista: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volumen: 81
Editorial: ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Fecha de publicación: 2019
Página de inicio: 28
Página final: 30
Idioma: English
DOI:

10.1016/j.ijid.2019.01.051

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS