TY - JOUR
T1 - Detection of NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Kenya
AU - Poirel, Laurent
AU - Revathi, Gunturu
AU - Bernabeu, Sandrine
AU - Nordmann, Patrice
PY - 2011/2
Y1 - 2011/2
N2 - Seven carbapenem-resistant NDM-1-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates were recovered from patients hospitalized between 2007 and 2009 in different wards at a referral and tertiary care center in Nairobi. Most of the isolates were obtained from urine. All isolates carried the bla NDM-1 carbapenemase gene previously reported from India, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom. These isolates were clonally related and expressed many other resistance determinants, including β-lactamases CTX-M-15, OXA-1, OXA-9, CMY-6, and aminoglycoside resistance methylase RmtC. This work corresponds to the first report of NDM-1 producers in Africa.
AB - Seven carbapenem-resistant NDM-1-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates were recovered from patients hospitalized between 2007 and 2009 in different wards at a referral and tertiary care center in Nairobi. Most of the isolates were obtained from urine. All isolates carried the bla NDM-1 carbapenemase gene previously reported from India, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom. These isolates were clonally related and expressed many other resistance determinants, including β-lactamases CTX-M-15, OXA-1, OXA-9, CMY-6, and aminoglycoside resistance methylase RmtC. This work corresponds to the first report of NDM-1 producers in Africa.
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U2 - 10.1128/AAC.01247-10
DO - 10.1128/AAC.01247-10
M3 - Article
C2 - 21115785
AN - SCOPUS:78751698065
SN - 0066-4804
VL - 55
SP - 934
EP - 936
JO - Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
JF - Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
IS - 2
ER -
