Emergence of metallo-β-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae from Argentina

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2011 Jan;69(1):94-7. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.08.025.

Abstract

Carbapenem susceptibility in Enterobacteriaceae (M9921, M9959) revealed the presence of MBLs bla(VIM-2) (M9959) and bla(IMP-8) (M9921), both as first cassettes of class-1-integrons. ESBL bla(PER-2) was detected in both strains and M9921 also harboured qnrB10, aac(6')-Ib and aac(6')-Ib-cr. This is the first report of MBLs in Enterobacteriaceae from Argentina.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Argentina
  • Carbapenems / pharmacology
  • Conjugation, Genetic
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Enterobacteriaceae / drug effects
  • Enterobacteriaceae / enzymology*
  • Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Gene Transfer, Horizontal
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Multigene Family
  • beta-Lactamases / biosynthesis*
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Carbapenems
  • beta-Lactamases