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Identification of blaOXA-??-like, blaOXA-??, blaDIM-?, and blaVIM carbapenemase genes in hospital Enterobacteriaceae isolates from Sierra Leone.


ABSTRACT: We describe the results of a molecular epidemiological survey of 15 carbapenemase-encoding genes from a recent collection of clinical isolates from Mercy Hospital in Bo, Sierra Leone. The most salient findings revealed that (i) 60% of the isolates harbored multiple carbapenemase genes; (ii) the blaDIM-1 gene, which has previously only been reported in The Netherlands, is also circulating in this environment; and (iii) blaOXA-51-like and blaOXA-58 genes, which were thought to reside exclusively in Acinetobacter species, can also be found in members of the Enterobacteriaceae.

SUBMITTER: Leski TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3697688 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification of blaOXA-₅₁-like, blaOXA-₅₈, blaDIM-₁, and blaVIM carbapenemase genes in hospital Enterobacteriaceae isolates from Sierra Leone.

Leski Tomasz A TA   Bangura Umaru U   Jimmy David H DH   Ansumana Rashid R   Lizewski Stephen E SE   Li Robert W RW   Stenger David A DA   Taitt Chris R CR   Vora Gary J GJ  

Journal of clinical microbiology 20130508 7


We describe the results of a molecular epidemiological survey of 15 carbapenemase-encoding genes from a recent collection of clinical isolates from Mercy Hospital in Bo, Sierra Leone. The most salient findings revealed that (i) 60% of the isolates harbored multiple carbapenemase genes; (ii) the blaDIM-1 gene, which has previously only been reported in The Netherlands, is also circulating in this environment; and (iii) blaOXA-51-like and blaOXA-58 genes, which were thought to reside exclusively i  ...[more]

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