Université de Fribourg

Genome-based characterization of two Colombian clinical Providencia rettgeri isolates co-harboring NDM-1, VIM-2, and other β-lactamases

Piza-Buitrago, Adriana ; Rincón, Verónica ; Donato, John ; Saavedra, Sandra Yamile ; Duarte, Carolina ; Morero, Jaime ; Falquet, Laurent ; Reguero, María Teresa ; Barreto-Hernández, Emiliano

In: BMC Microbiology, 2020, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 345

Providencia rettgeri is a nosocomial pathogen associated with urinary tract infections and related to Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI). In recent years isolates producing New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) and other β-lactamases have been reported that reduce the efficiency of clinical antimicrobial treatments. In this study, we analyzed antibiotic resistance, the presence of...