First report of NDM-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Egypt

Zafer M.M.; Amin M.; ElMahallawy H.; Ashour M.S.E.D.; AlAgamy M.

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First report of NDM-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Egypt

Zafer M.M.; Amin M.; ElMahallawy H.; Ashour M.S.E.D.; AlAgamy M.

Full Text link: https://t.ly/rxpEW

Date issued: 2014

Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2014.07.008 PubMed ID 25449240

Publisher: Elsevier

Series Info: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
29

Type: Article

Keywords: Carbapenem resistance , Egypt , Metallo-beta-lactamases , New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) , Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Verona integron-encoded metallo-beta-lactamase (VIM-2) , imipenem , meropenem , metallo beta lactamase , metallo beta lactamase 1 , unclassified drug , beta lactamase , beta-lactamase NDM-1 , aged , antibiotic resistance , Article , bacterium isolate , case report , chromosome marker , Egypt , human , male , minimum inhibitory concentration , multilocus sequence typing , nonhuman , Pseudomonas aeruginosa , adult , biosynthesis , drug effects , enzymology , genetics , Pseudomonas aeruginosa , young adult , Adult , Aged , beta-Lactamases , Drug Resistance, Bacterial , Egypt , Humans , Male , Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Young Adult

Abstract:

This work reports the occurrence of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) in metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Egypt for the first time, and the presence of more than one blaMBL gene in carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa. � 2014 The Authors.