Spread of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clones in a university hospital

J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Feb;51(2):665-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03071-12. Epub 2012 Dec 12.

Abstract

An outbreak of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MDRPA) infections in a university hospital is described. Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of 240 isolates revealed that 152 patients, mainly in the intensive care unit (ICU), were colonized or infected with MDRPA, the majority with O11. All metallo-β-lactamase (MBL)-positive isolates carried the bla(VIM-2) or bla(VIM-1) gene. One or more type III secretion system toxin genes were detected in most isolates. Five dominant pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) types were characterized, associated with ST235, ST111, ST253, ST309, and ST639.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Cross Infection / diagnosis*
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial* / genetics
  • Hospitals, University*
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Typing
  • Pseudomonas Infections / diagnosis*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / epidemiology
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / classification
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / genetics

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents