CTX-M-12 beta-lactamase in a Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolate in Colombia

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2004 Feb;48(2):629-31. doi: 10.1128/AAC.48.2.629-631.2004.

Abstract

We describe the detection of the CTX-M-12 beta-lactamase from a clinical isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Colombia. Screening of nosocomial Klebsiella spp. and Escherichia coli isolates from a network of teaching hospitals revealed the presence of CTX-M enzymes in multiple cities. This is the first description of CTX-M in Colombia.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Colombia / epidemiology
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • DNA Probes
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Isoelectric Focusing
  • Klebsiella Infections / epidemiology
  • Klebsiella Infections / microbiology*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • beta-Lactamases / chemistry*
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*
  • beta-Lactamases / isolation & purification

Substances

  • DNA Probes
  • beta-Lactamases
  • beta-lactamase CTX-M-12, Klebsiella pneumoniae