Antimicrobial resistance 2010: global attention on carbapenemase-producing bacteria

Perspective Global Spread of Carbapenemase - producing

Global Spread of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

Carbapenemases increasingly have been reported in Enterobacteriaceae in the past 10 years. Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases have been reported in the United States and then worldwide, with a marked endemicity at least in the United States and Greece. Metallo-enzymes (Verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase, IMP) also have been reported worldwide, with a higher prevalence in southern Eur...

Multiple colonization with highly resistant bacteria: carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa, carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii, and glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium.

The dissemination of carbapenemase-producing bacteria worldwide is an important source of concern because carbapenemase producers are multidrug resistant (Nordmann and Poirel, 2014). National guidelines increasingly recommend a systematic screening of at least carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) and glycopeptideresistant enterococci (GRE) in patients admitted to hospitals who have ...

Carbapenemase-producing Bacteria in Patients Hospitalized Abroad, France

Technical Appendix Table. β-lactamase profiles of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli isolated in 2010 and 2011, France* Region of origin No. culture-positive patients/total no. patients Species No. isolates β-lactamase ESBL Carbapenemase pCASE Africa 33/87 E. coli 18 CTX-M-15 2 CTX-M-1 2 SHV-12 1 CTX-M-3 OXA-48 1 CTX-M-14 1 CTX-M-15 TEM-169 1 CTX-M-15 CMY-2 1 CTX-M-24 OXA-48 1 ND K. pneu...

Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae and Nonfermentative Bacteria, the Philippines, 2013–2016

During 2013-2016, we isolated blaNDM- and blaVIM-harboring Enterobacteriaceae and nonfermentative bacteria from patients in the Philippines. Of 130 carbapenem-resistant isolates tested, 45 were Carba NP-positive; 43 harbored blaNDM, and 2 harbored blaVIM. Multidrug-resistant microbial pathogen surveillance and antimicrobial drug stewardship are needed to prevent further spread of New Delhi meta...