Earliest identification of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) in Acinetobacter pittii in Brazil

Abstract We report the occurrence in Brazil of the bla NDM-1 gene in Acinetobacter pittii, prior to the previously described first reports regarding the species Providencia rettgeri and Enterobacter hormaechei. Clinical isolates were investigated by polymerase chain reaction followed by bidirectiona...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Roseneide Campos Deglmann, Vanessa Cristine Kobs, Debora de Oliveira, Patricia Burgardt, Paulo Henrique Condeixa de França, Marcelo Pillonetto
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Subjects:
NDM-1
Multidrug resistance
Acinetobacter pittii
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Providencia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0348-2018
https://doaj.org/article/51381917e0a744c597414eddd4b4f19c
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Summary:Abstract We report the occurrence in Brazil of the bla NDM-1 gene in Acinetobacter pittii, prior to the previously described first reports regarding the species Providencia rettgeri and Enterobacter hormaechei. Clinical isolates were investigated by polymerase chain reaction followed by bidirectional sequencing, and species was confirmed by 16S rDNA sequencing and matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization time-of-flight spectrometry. A. pittii carrying bla NDM-1 was confirmed in a patient with no national or international travel history, or transfer from another hospital. The findings warn of the possibility of silent spread of bla NDM-1 to the community.

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