scholarly journals Carbapenem-Resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains Containing New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase Isolated from Two Patients in Vietnam: Table 1

2012 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 373-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tran Huy Hoang ◽  
Heiman Wertheim ◽  
Nguyen Binh Minh ◽  
Tran Nhu Duong ◽  
Dang Duc Anh ◽  
...  
2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (05) ◽  
pp. 457-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rima I El-Herte ◽  
George F Araj ◽  
Ghassan M Matar ◽  
Maysa Baroud ◽  
Zeina A Kanafani ◽  
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Carbapenem resistance has been encountered globally with poor outcome of infected patients. NDM-1 (New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase) gene containing organisms have emerged and are now spreading in all continents. This is the first report of Iraqi patients referred to Lebanon from whom carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae were recovered. The genes involved in carbapenem resistance were bla-OXA-48   and the novel NDM-1. This report highlights the alarming introduction of such resistance among Enterobacteriaecae to this country.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. e0241776
Author(s):  
Babatunde O. Ogunbosi ◽  
Clinton Moodley ◽  
Preneshni Naicker ◽  
James Nuttall ◽  
Colleen Bamford ◽  
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Introduction There are few studies describing colonisation with extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales (ESBL-PE) and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) among children in sub-Saharan Africa. Colonisation often precedes infection and multi-drug-resistant Enterobacterales are important causes of invasive infection. Methods In this prospective cross-sectional study, conducted between April and June 2017, 200 children in a tertiary academic hospital were screened by rectal swab for EBSL-PE and CRE. The resistance-conferring genes were identified using polymerase chain reaction technology. Risk factors for colonisation were also evaluated. Results Overall, 48% (96/200) of the children were colonised with at least one ESBL-PE, 8.3% (8/96) of these with 2 ESBL-PE, and one other child was colonised with a CRE (0.5% (1/200)). Common colonising ESBL-PE were Klebsiella pneumoniae (62.5%, 65/104) and Escherichia coli (34.6%, 36/104). The most frequent ESBL-conferring gene was blaCTX-M in 95% (76/80) of the isolates. No resistance- conferring gene was identified in the CRE isolate (Enterobacter cloacae). Most of the Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates were susceptible to piperacillin/tazobactam (86.2%) and amikacin (63.9%). Similarly, 94.4% and 97.2% of the Escherichia coli isolates were susceptible to piperacillin/tazobactam and amikacin, respectively. Hospitalisation for more than 7 days before study enrolment was associated with ESBL-PE colonisation. Conclusion Approximately half of the hospitalised children in this study were colonised with ESBL-PE. This highlights the need for improved infection prevention and control practices to limit the dissemination of these microorganisms.


2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saeed Shoja ◽  
Maryam Ansari ◽  
Forogh Faridi ◽  
Mohsen Azad ◽  
Parivash Davoodian ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Taalin R. Hoj ◽  
Bradley McNeely ◽  
Kylie Webber ◽  
Evelyn Welling ◽  
William G. Pitt ◽  
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Introduction. Antibiotic resistance, particularly in cases of sepsis, has emerged as a growing global public health concern and economic burden. Current methods of blood culture and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of agents involved in sepsis can take as long as 3–5 days. It is vital to rapidly identify which antimicrobials can be used to effectively treat sepsis cases on an individual basis. Here, we present a pentaplex, real-time PCR-based assay that can quickly identify the most common beta-lactamase genes ( Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC); New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM); cefotaximase-Munich (CTX-M); cephamycin AmpC beta-lactamases (CMY); and Oxacillinase-48 (OXA-48)) from pathogens derived directly from the blood of patients presenting with bacterial septicemia. Aim. To develop an assay which can rapidly identify the most common beta-lactamase genes in Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae bacteria (CREs) from the United States. Hypothesis/Gap Statement. Septicemia caused by carbapenem-resistant bacteria has a death rate of 40–60 %. Rapid diagnosis of antibiotic susceptibility directly from bacteria in blood by identification of beta-lactamase genes will greatly improve survival rates. In this work, we develop an assay capable of concurrently identifying the five most common beta-lactamase and carbapenemase genes. Methodology. Primers and probes were created which can identify all subtypes of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC); New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM); cefotaximase-Munich (CTX); cephamycin AmpC beta-lactamase (CMY); and oxacillinase-48 (OXA-48). The assay was validated using 13 isolates containing various PCR targets from the Centre for Disease Control Antimicrobial Resistance Isolate Bank Enterobacterales Carbapenemase Diversity Panel. Blood obtained from volunteers was spiked with CREs and bacteria were separated, lysed, and subjected to analysis via the pentaplex assay. Results. This pentaplex assay successfully identified beta-lactamase genes derived from bacteria separated from blood at concentrations of 4–8 c.f.u. ml−1. Conclusion. This assay will improve patient outcomes by supplying physicians with critical drug resistance information within 2 h of septicemia onset, allowing them to prescribe effective antimicrobials corresponding to the resistance gene(s) present in the pathogen. In addition, information supplied by this assay will lessen the inappropriate use of broad-spectrum antimicrobials and prevent the evolution of further antibiotic resistance.


2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (47) ◽  
Author(s):  
P Gaibani ◽  
S Ambretti ◽  
A Berlingeri ◽  
M Cordovana ◽  
P Farruggia ◽  
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Between July 2011 and August 2011, the New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) gene was detected in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli isolates obtained from six patients hospitalised in four healthcare facilities in northern Italy. The patient who had been hospitalised in New Delhi, India, from February to May 2011 and subsequently in the Bologna area, Italy, from May to July 2011, may have been the source of the outbreak. Our findings suggest ongoing spread of this carbapenem-resistance gene in Italy and highlight the need for intensive surveillance.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen A. Eller ◽  
Thomas R. Aunins ◽  
Colleen M. Courtney ◽  
Jocelyn K. Campos ◽  
Peter B. Otoupal ◽  
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AbstractMultidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria pose a grave concern to global health, which is perpetuated by a lack of new treatments and countermeasure platforms to combat outbreaks or antibiotic resistance. To address this, we have developed a Facile Accelerated Specific Therapeutic (FAST) platform that can develop effective peptide nucleic acid (PNA) therapies against MDR bacteria within a week. Our FAST platform uses a bioinformatics toolbox to design sequence-specific PNAs targeting non-traditional pathways/genes of bacteria, then performs in-situ synthesis, validation, and efficacy testing of selected PNAs. As a proof of concept, these PNAs were tested against five MDR clinical isolates: carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli, extended-spectrum beta-lactamase Klebsiella pneumoniae, New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase-1 carrying Klebsiella pneumoniae, and MDR Salmonella enterica. PNAs showed significant growth inhibition for 82% of treatments, with nearly 18% of treatments leading to greater than 97% decrease. Further, these PNAs are capable of potentiating antibiotic activity in the clinical isolates despite presence of cognate resistance genes. Finally, the FAST platform offers a novel delivery approach to overcome limited transport of PNAs into mammalian cells by repurposing the bacterial Type III secretion system in conjunction with a kill switch that is effective at eliminating 99.6% of an intracellular Salmonella infection in human epithelial cells.


2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lara Tavoschi ◽  
Silvia Forni ◽  
Andrea Porretta ◽  
Lorenzo Righi ◽  
Filippo Pieralli ◽  
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In Tuscany, Italy, New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (NDM-CRE) have increased since November 2018. Between November 2018 and October 2019, 1,645 samples were NDM-CRE-positive: 1,270 (77.2%) cases of intestinal carriage, 129 (7.8%) bloodstream infections and 246 (14.9%) infections/colonisations at other sites. Klebsiella pneumoniae were prevalent (1,495; 90.9%), with ST147/NDM-1 the dominant clone. Delayed outbreak identification and response resulted in sustained NDM-CRE transmission in the North-West area of Tuscany, but successfully contained spread within the region.


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