Emergence of blaVEB and blaGES among VIM-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates in Alexandria, Egypt

Metallo-Beta-Lactamase Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a Healthcare Setting in Alexandria, Egypt.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa has emerged as a major healthcare associated pathogen that creates a serious public health disaster in both developing and developed countries. In this work we aimed at studying the occurrence of metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) producing P. aeruginosa in a healthcare setting in Alexandria, Egypt. This cross sectional study included 1583 clinical samples that were collected f...

Dissemination of VIM-2 producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST233 at tertiary care hospitals in Egypt

BACKGROUND Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important nosocomial pathogen, commonly causing infections in immunocompromised patients. The aim of this study was to examine the genetic relatedness of metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) producing carbapenem resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates collected from 2 tertiary hospitals in Cairo, Egypt using Multi Locus sequence typing (MLST). METHOD...

Emergence of blaGES-5 in clinical colistin-only-sensitive (COS) Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain in Brazil.

1. Yigit H, Queenan AM, Anderson GJ et al. Novel carbapenemhydrolyzing b-lactamase, KPC-1, from a carbapenem-resistant strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2001; 45: 1151–61. 2. Smith Moland E, Hanson ND, Herrera VL et al. Plasmidmediated, carbapenem-hydrolysing b-lactamase, KPC-2, in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates. J Antimicrob Chemother 2003; 51: 711–4. 3. Yigit H, Que...

VIM-1-producing Pseudomonas mosselii isolates in Italy, predating known VIM-producing index strains.

Acquired metallo-lactamases (MBLs) are emerging resistance determinants of great clinical concern. They are found in Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and other Gram-negative nonfermenters, in which they can confer a very broad spectrum of -lactam resistance, including the expanded-spectrum cephalosporins and carbapenems, that cannot be reverted by -lactamase inhibitors currently avai...

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