OXA-48 Carbapenemase-Producing Salmonella enterica Serovar Kentucky Isolate of Sequence Type 198 in a Patient Transferred from Libya to Switzerland | Zendy

Salomé N. Seiffert | Zendy; Vincent Perreten | Zendy; Sönke Johannes | Zendy; Sara Droz | Zendy; Thomas Bodmer | Zendy; Andrea Endimiani | Zendy

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OXA-48 Carbapenemase-Producing Salmonella enterica Serovar Kentucky Isolate of Sequence Type 198 in a Patient Transferred from Libya to Switzerland

Author(s) -

Salomé N. Seiffert,

Vincent Perreten,

Sönke Johannes,

Sara Droz,

Thomas Bodmer,

Andrea Endimiani

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07

H-Index - 259

eISSN - 1070-6283

pISSN - 0066-4804

DOI - 10.1128/aac.02417-13

Subject(s) - salmonella enterica , serotype , salmonella , plasmid , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , enterobacteriaceae , sequence (biology) , gene , virology , genetics , escherichia coli , bacteria

Here, we report a case of OXA-48-producing Salmonella enterica serovar Kentucky of sequence type 198 (ST198) from perianal screening cultures of a patient transferred from Libya to Switzerland. The blaOXA-48 gene was carried by Tn1999.2 and located on an ∼60-kb IncL/M plasmid. This Salmonella strain also possessed the blaVEB-8, aac(6)-Ib, tet(A), sul1, and mphA resistance genes and substitutions in GyrA (Ser83Phe and Asp87Asn) and ParC (Ser80Ile). This finding emphasizes that prompt screening strategies are essential to prevent the dissemination of carbapenemase producers imported from countries where they are endemic.

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