Title
Characterization of metallo-β-Lactamase in clinical isolates of pseudomonas aeruginosa retrieved from patients hospitalized in the central military hospital
Other title
Caracterización de metalo-β-Lactamasas en aislados clínicos de pseudomonas aeruginosa recuperados de pacientes hospitalizados en el hospital militar central
Date Issued
01 October 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
Hat codify metallo-β-lactamases (MBL) in clinical isolates of Pseudomona aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa), a cross-sectional study was conducted in the Central Military Hospital (HMC) of Lima, Peru, between January and September, 2016. Seventy-six (76) isolates of P. aeruginosa with diminished sensitivity to carbapenemes and resistant to ceftazidime were analyzed. The phenotype detection of MBL was made by double disc synergy between imipenem and meropenem versus ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), and the identification of the genes was performed by polymerase chain reaction. Of the 76 isolates, 24 (31.6%) were positive for MBL by the phenotype method, genetically confirming all. The bla IMP gene was found in 23/24 (95.8%) and bla VIM in 1/24 (4.2%). No isolate had bla NDM . The bla IMP gene turned out to be the most frequent among clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa not sensitive to carbapenemics at this Hospital.
Start page
363
End page
641
Volume
35
Issue
4
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Salud pública, Salud ambiental Biología celular, Microbiología Biotecnología médica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85061147022
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
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