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Presence of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase gene (NDM-1) in a clinical isolate of Acinetobacter junii in Argentina
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2016-05Registro en:
Montaña, Sabrina Daiana; Cittadini, Roxana; Del Castillo M,; Uong, S.; Lazzaro, T.; et al.; Presence of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase gene (NDM-1) in a clinical isolate of Acinetobacter junii in Argentina; Elsevier; New Microbes and New Infections; 11; 5-2016; 43-44
2052-2975
CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
Montaña, Sabrina Daiana
Cittadini, Roxana
Del Castillo M,
Uong, S.
Lazzaro, T.
Almuzara, Marisa
Barberis, Claudia
Vay, Carlos Alberto
Ramírez, M. S.
Resumen
Here we report the presence of a clinically significant A. junii blaNDM-1 positive in a 38-year-old woman who was admitted to the emergency department with a fever and leg ulcers with signs of infection. The NDM-1 carbapenemase has been dramatically spread among Gram-negative bacilli, thus imposing a new challenge on the health system to fight bacterial infections.These data expand the number of Acinetobacter species harbouring blaNDM-1. The wide existence of Acinetobacter harbouring and dispersing this carbapenemase emphasizes the importance of non-previously recognized pathogens as reservoirs of dangerous resistance determinants. These resistance determinants can be later easily transferred to other menacing pathogens.