Open AccessEmergence of New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase (NDM-1) and Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase (KPC-2) in South Africa
Author(s) -
Adrian Brink,
Jennifer Coetzee,
Cornelis G. Clay,
Sindi Sithole,
Guy A. Richards,
Laurent Poirel,
Patrice Nordmann
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.05956-11
Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , enterobacter cloacae , new delhi , microbiology and biotechnology , beta lactamase , biology , enterobacteriaceae , bacteria , enterobacter , virology , medicine , escherichia coli , gene , biochemistry , metropolitan area , pathology , genetics
This report documents emergence of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1) and Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC-2) in K. pneumoniae and Enterobacter cloacae in South Africa. NDM-1 producers have not been described in South Africa, and this is the first instance that KPC producers have been identified in Africa. The two patients infected with these carbapenemase-producing bacteria demised.
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