Prevalence of carbapenemase-producing organisms at the Kidney Center of Rawalpindi (Pakistan) and evaluation of an advanced molecular microarray-based carbapenemase assay

Sascha D. Braun; Bushra Jamil; Muhammad A. Syed; Shahid A. Abbasi; Daniel Weiß; Peter Slickers; Stefan Monecke; Ines Engelmann; Ralf Ehricht

doi:10.2217/fmb-2018-0082

Prevalence of carbapenemase-producing organisms at the Kidney Center of Rawalpindi (Pakistan) and evaluation of an advanced molecular microarray-based carbapenemase assay

Sascha D. Braun, Bushra Jamil, Muhammad A. Syed, Shahid A. Abbasi, Daniel Weiß, Peter Slickers, Stefan Monecke, Ines Engelmann, Ralf Ehricht

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Aim: A DNA microarray-based assay for the detection of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes was used to study carbapenemase-producing organisms at the Kidney Center of Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Methods: The evaluation of this assay was performed using 97 reference strains with confirmed AMR genes. Testing of 7857 clinical samples identified 425 Gram-negative bacteria out of which 82 appeared carbapenem resistant. These isolates were analyzed using VITEK-2 for phenotyping and the described AMR assay for genotyping. Results: The most prevalent carbapenemase gene was blaNDM and in 12 isolates we detected two carbapenemase genes (e.g., blaNDM/blaOXA-48). Conclusion: Our prevalence data from Pakistan show that-as in other parts of the world-carbapenemase-producing organisms with different underlying resistance mechanisms are emerging, and this warrants intensified and constant surveillance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1225-1246
Number of pages	22
Journal	Future Microbiology
Volume	13
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2217/fmb-2018-0082
Publication status	Published - Sept 2018
Externally published	Yes

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Braun, S. D., Jamil, B., Syed, M. A., Abbasi, S. A., Weiß, D., Slickers, P., Monecke, S., Engelmann, I., & Ehricht, R. (2018). Prevalence of carbapenemase-producing organisms at the Kidney Center of Rawalpindi (Pakistan) and evaluation of an advanced molecular microarray-based carbapenemase assay. Future Microbiology, 13(11), 1225-1246. https://doi.org/10.2217/fmb-2018-0082

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