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Intrahospital spread of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a University Hospital in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

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العنوان: Intrahospital spread of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a University Hospital in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
المؤلفون: Scheffer, Mara Cristina, Bazzo, Maria Luiza, Steindel, Mario, Darini, Ana Lucia, Clímaco, Eduardo, Dalla-Costa, Libera Maria
المصدر: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical. August 2010 43(4)
بيانات النشر: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT, 2010.
سنة النشر: 2010
مصطلحات موضوعية: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Carbapenem resistance, Nosocomial infections
الوصف: INTRODUCTION: Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) has been isolated with increasing frequency in Brazilian hospitals. Since June 2003, its detection in a teaching hospital in the city of Florianópolis, Brazil, has increased. This study aimed to investigate the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC), presence of Metallo-β-lactamase (MβL) and a possible clonal relationship among the isolates. METHODS: The study included 29 CRPA and seven isolates with reduced susceptibility. The MIC was determined by agar-dilution. Detection of MβL was performed by Double Disk Sinergism (DDS) and Combined Disk (CD). The MβL gene was verified by PCR and nucleotide sequence analysis. Epidemiological typing was performed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. RESULTS: Among the 29 carbapenem-resistant isolates, polymyxin B presented 100% susceptibility and piperacillin/tazobactam 96.7%. Seventeen (62%) strains were verified as clonal (A clone) and among these, six isolates indicated phenotypically positive tests for MβL and harbored the blaSPM-1 gene. The first CRPA isolates were unrelated to clone A, harbored blaIMP-16 and were phenotypically positive only by CD. CONCLUSIONS: The spread of a high-level of resistance clone suggests cross transmission as an important dissemination mechanism and has contributed to the increased rate of resistance to carbapenems. This study emphasizes the need for continuous surveillance and improved strategies.
نوع الوثيقة: article
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اللغة: English
تدمد: 0037-8682
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822010000400006
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Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
رقم الانضمام: edssci.S0037.86822010000400006
قاعدة البيانات: SciELO
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تدمد:00378682
DOI:10.1590/S0037-86822010000400006