Spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates producing OXA-48 β-lactamase in a Tunisian university hospital.
Spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates producing OXA-48 β-lactamase in a Tunisian university hospital.
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产生 OXA-48 β-内酰胺酶的肺炎克雷伯菌分离株在突尼斯大学医院传播。
DOI:
10.1093/jac/dkr181
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发表时间:
2011
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通讯作者:
A. Hammami
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作者:
S. Ktari;B. Mnif;Fadoua Louati;S. Rekik;Sonda Mezghani;F. Mahjoubi;A. Hammami
Sir, The emergence and dissemination of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates harbouring carbapenemases is a serious problem. Since the initial report of the OXA-48 enzyme in a K. pneumoniae isolate from Turkey in 2001, 1 OXA-48 producers have been reported in many countries of the world. 2–4 Current reports indicate that OXA-48 producers are widespread, mostly from Mediterranean countries as well as other countries in Europe. 2–4 In North Africa, OXA-48 producers have been identified in Morocco and Tunisia. 3, 4 The outbreaks of OXA-48-producing K. pneumoniae isolates have been described in several cities in Turkey, once in the UK and recently in France. 4 In the present report, we describe the spread of OXA-48 associated with CMY-4-and CTX-M-14-producing K. pneumoniae clinical isolates in Sfax University Hospital.During a 6 month period (October 2009–March 2010), 153 clinical isolates of K. pneumoniae with reduced susceptibility to extended-spectrum cephalosporins and/or imipenem were recovered in Sfax University Hospital. Among these isolates, 21 (13.7%) produced the blaOXA-48 gene. These isolates were recovered from patients in eight different wards. The antibiogram determined by the disc diffusion method and MICs determined by agar dilution and interpreted according to European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) revealed that all isolates were resistant to ticarcillin (MICs. 2048 mg/L)(Table 1). All but one isolate were resistant to extended-spectrum cephalosporins, including cefotaxime (MICs 4–1024 mg/L), ceftazidime(MICs 0.5–256 mg/L) and cefepime (MICs 2–64mg/L). All isolates but one (Kp11) were susceptible to imipenem(MIC90 ¼2 mg/L; MIC range¼0. 5–8 mg/L). This isolate, Kp11, was intermediate to imipenem but susceptible to extended-spectrum cephalosporins. However, all isolates were resistant to ertapenem (MIC90 ¼8 mg/L; MIC range¼2–32 mg/L). The b-lactamase genes detected by PCR as described previously and sequencing in the 21 OXA-48-positiveK. pneumoniae isolates were as follows: blaOXA-48 (1 isolate); blaOXA-48+ blaCMY-4+