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Identification of blaOXA-51-like, blaOXA-58, blaDIM-1, and blaVIMCarbapenemase Genes in Hospital EnterobacteriaceaeIsolates from Sierra Leone
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Journal of Clinical Microbiology; July 2013, Vol. 51 Issue: 7 p2435-2438, 4p
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00951137; 1098660X
Abstract
ABSTRACTWe describe the results of a molecular epidemiological survey of 15 carbapenemase-encoding genes from a recent collection of clinical isolates from Mercy Hospital in Bo, Sierra Leone. The most salient findings revealed that (i) 60% of the isolates harbored multiple carbapenemase genes; (ii) the blaDIM-1gene, which has previously only been reported in The Netherlands, is also circulating in this environment; and (iii) blaOXA-51-likeand blaOXA-58genes, which were thought to reside exclusively in Acinetobacterspecies, can also be found in members of the Enterobacteriaceae.