bla VIM-2 and bla VIM-7 Carbapenemase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Detected in a Tertiary Care Medical Center in the United States: Report from the MYSTIC Program

bla(IMP) and bla(VIM) mediated carbapenem resistance in Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter species in India.

INTRODUCTION The emergence and rapid spread of blaIMP and blaVIM metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) producing Gram-negative bacteria causing nosocomial infections are of concern worldwide due to limited treatment options. METHODOLOGY A total of 179 nonreplicate, consecutive, carbapenem resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (61), Acinetobacter baumannii (116), Acinetobacter lwoffii (1) and Pseudomonas st...

First isolation of bla(VIM-2) in Latin America: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program.

Carbapenems, mainly imipenem and meropenem, are potent agents for the treatment of infections due to multiresistant Pseudomonas sp. clinical isolates. However, the prevalence of carbapenem resistance in this genus has been increasing worldwide. High-level resistance to carbapenems ( 32 g/ml) is still uncommon in Pseudomonas spp. but can be due to the presence of Ambler class B -lactamases—metal...

Identification of VIM-2-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Tanzania is associated with sequence types 244 and 640 and the location of blaVIM-2 in a TniC integron.

Epidemiological data on carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria on the African continent are limited. Here, we report the identification of VIM-2-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Tanzania. Eight out of 90 clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa from a tertiary care hospital in Dar es Salaam were shown to harbor bla(VIM-2). The bla(VIM-2)-positive isolates belonged to two different...

Vim - 2 Β - Lactamase in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Isolates from Zagreb

VIM-2 carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a patient from Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

328 May 2015, Vol. 105, No. 5 VIM-2 carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a patient from Port Elizabeth, South Africa To the Editor: We report on the emergence of a multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate in a public hospital in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa (SA), where the lack of antibiotic stewardship may have been a contributing factor. A 76-year...