Wide dissemination of Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing beta-lactamase blaKPC-2 gene in Colombia

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Nov;55(11):5350-3. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00297-11. Epub 2011 Aug 15.

Abstract

Ten bla(KPC-2)-harboring Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from hospitals located in five different Colombian cities have been characterized. Isolates were multidrug resistant, belonged to five different pulsotypes, and possessed naturally chromosome-encoded bla(AmpC) and bla(OXA-50) genes and the acquired bla(KPC-2) gene. In most cases, the bla(KPC-2) genes were carried by plasmids of different sizes and were associated with Tn4401b or a new structure containing only part of the Tn4401 sequence. This study revealed that several clones of P. aeruginosa producing bla(KPC-2) are disseminating in Colombia.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Colombia
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plasmids / genetics
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / genetics*
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • beta-Lactamases

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JN545009