OXA-48 and NDM-1 Klebsiella pneumoniae of Sequence Type 101 from blood in a patient with travel history abroad, Italy

Elisabetta Nucleo; Vittoria Mattioni Marchetti; Alessandra Mercato; Michela Quatela; Laura Villa; Roberta Migliavacca

OXA-48 and NDM-1 Klebsiella pneumoniae of Sequence Type 101 from blood in a patient with travel history abroad, Italy

New Microbiol. 2020 Jan;43(1):41-43. Epub 2020 Mar 1.

Authors

Elisabetta Nucleo¹, Vittoria Mattioni Marchetti¹, Alessandra Mercato¹, Michela Quatela², Laura Villa³, Roberta Migliavacca¹

Affiliations

¹ Unit of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Department of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
² Clinical Microbiology Laboratory ASL CN1 SSD Mondovì, Cuneo, Italy.
³ Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 32118283

Abstract

Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP) is an important pathogen involved in serious nosocomial infections all over the world. Here, we describe the first report on a blood-stream infection caused by an OXA-48/NDM-1 ST101-KP, in Italy. The patient was an Italian woman, transferred from Cairo Hospital to a Neurosurgery ward in Cuneo (IT). The detection described here enhances the need for an effective National infection control strategy in Italy.

Keywords: Class D carbapenemase; ST101 Klebsiella pneumoniae; class B carbapenemase.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Proteins
Egypt
Female
Humans
Infection Control
Italy
Klebsiella Infections* / blood
Klebsiella Infections* / microbiology
Klebsiella pneumoniae* / classification
Klebsiella pneumoniae* / genetics
Multilocus Sequence Typing
Travel-Related Illness*
beta-Lactamases* / genetics

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Proteins
beta-Lactamases
beta-lactamase NDM-1
oxacillinase