Emergence of bla_VIM-2, bla_NDM-1, bla_IMP-7 and bla_GES-1 in bla_KPC-2-harbouring Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Brazil

J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2019 Dec:19:181-182. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2019.09.009. Epub 2019 Sep 19.

Authors

Alexsandra Maria Lima Scavuzzi¹, Elizabeth Maria Bispo Beltrão¹, Elza Ferreira Firmo¹, Érica Maria de Oliveira¹, Fernanda Gomes Beserra², Ana Catarina de Souza Lopes³

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, s/n, 50.732-970, Recife, PE, Brazil.
² Hospital Agamenon Magalhães, 52.070-230, Recife, PE, Brazil.
³ Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, s/n, 50.732-970, Recife, PE, Brazil. Electronic address: ana.lopes.ufpe@gmail.com.

PMID: 31542553
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2019.09.009

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Brazil
Carbapenems / pharmacology*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects
Pseudomonas aeruginosa / genetics*
Sequence Analysis, DNA
beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

Carbapenems
GES-1 beta-lactamase
beta-lactamase KPC-2
beta-lactamase bla(vim-2)
beta-Lactamases
beta-lactamase IMP-7 protein, Pseudomonas aeruginosa
beta-lactamase NDM-1