In: International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 2015, vol. 45, no. 6, p. 641–646
Recent clinical isolates of key Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria were collected in 2012 from hospitalised patients in medical centres in four European countries (France, Germany, Italy and Spain) and were tested using standard broth microdilution methodology to assess the impact of 4 mg/L avibactam on the in vitro activities of ceftazidime, ceftaroline and aztreonam. Against...
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In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2015, vol. 53, no. 9, p. 3003–3008
Performances of the Rapidec Carba NP test (bioMérieux) were evaluated for detection of all types of carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In less than 2 h after sample preparation, it showed a sensitivity and specificity of 96%. This ready-to-use test is well adapted to the daily need for detection of carbapenemase producers in any laboratory...
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In: International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 2015, vol. 46, no. 1, p. 108–110
Gene modifications in the PmrAB and PhoPQ two-component regulatory systems, as well as inactivation of the mgrB gene, are known to be causes of colistin resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae. The objective of this study was to characterise the mechanism involved in colistin resistance in a Klebsiella oxytoca isolate. A K. oxytoca clinical isolate showing resistance to colistin was recovered in...
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In: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015, vol. 34, p. 53–54
Characterize a NDM-1 producing K. pneumoniae isolate recovered from a patient hospitalized in Guadeloupe, French West Indies, after its transfer from CubaMethodsAntibiotic susceptibilities were determined by the disk diffusion method, and E-test. Carbapenemase production was assessed using the Carba NP test. Antibiotic resistance determinants and their surrounding structures were...
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In: International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 2015, vol. 45, no. 6, p. 568–585
Multidrug resistance is quite common among non-fermenting Gram-negative rods, in particular among clinically relevant species including Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii. These bacterial species, which are mainly nosocomial pathogens, possess a diversity of resistance mechanisms that may lead to multidrug or even pandrug resistance. Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs)...
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In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2014, vol. 52, no. 10, p. 3701–3706
From June to September 2012, 500 urine samples were recovered from patients with urinary tract infections (UTI) due to Gram-negative bacilli (≥10⁴ leukocytes/ml and ≥10⁵ Gram-negative isolates/ml) who visited the University hospital Bicêtre (France). They were challenged with extended-spectrum-β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) using the rapid diagnostic ESBL NDP...
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In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2014, vol. 58, no. 8, p. 4762–4766
A series of colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates recovered from different countries was investigated in order to evaluate the involvement of the PmrA/PmrB two-component system in this resistance. Six isolates possessed a mutated PmrB protein, which is encoded by the pmrB gene, part of the pmrCAB operon involved in lipopolysaccharide modification. The same amino acid substitution...
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In: Microbial Pathogenesis, 2014, vol. 74, p. 20–24
Multidrug-resistant and difficult-to-treat Acinetobacter baumannii may be responsible for nosocomial infections. The production of carbapenem-hydrolyzing class D β-lactamases (CHDLs) and extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBLs) of the GES type possessing a carbapenemase activity has been increasingly reported worldwide in A. baumannii. The aim of this study was to analyze the...
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In: Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2014, p. -
Spread of carbapenemase producers in Enterobacteriaceae is now identified worldwide. Three main carbapenemases are reported which belong to three classes of ß-lactamases that are KPC, NDM and OXA-48. The main reservoirs of KPC are Klebsiella pneumoniae in the USA, Israel, Greece and Italy, of NDM are K. pneumoniae and Escherichia coli in the Indian subcontinent, and of OXA-48 are K. pneumoniae...
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In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2014, vol. 58, no. 7, p. 3762–3767
We designed a study to describe the characteristics of sequence type 131 (ST131) lineages, including the H30-Rx sublineage, among a global collection of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli isolates from 9 countries collected from 2000 to 2011. A total of 240 nonrepeat isolates from Canada, the United States, Brazil, the Netherlands, France, the United Arab...
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