Emergence of NDM-1-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Porto Alegre, Brazil

作者：Rozales Francieli P; Ribeiro Vanessa B; Magagnin Cibele M; Pagano Mariana; Lutz Larissa; Falci Diego R; Machado Adao; Barth Afonso L; Zavascki Alexandre P^*

来源：International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014, 25: 79-81.

DOI：10.1016/j.ijid.2014.01.005

• NDM-1
• Carbapenemase
• Resistance
• Epidemiology

Objectives: To evaluate the emergence of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1 (NDM-1)-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates in Brazil.
Methods: From April to October 2013, following the detection of the first NDM-1-producing isolate, a surveillance study was performed for the detection of bla(NDM-1) among Enterobacteriaceae isolates with reduced susceptibility to carbapenems in 17 hospitals of Porto Alegre, Brazil. Real-time PCR was used to determine the presence of carbapenemase genes, which were further sequenced. Clonal relatedness was assessed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE).
Results: A total of 1134 isolates were evaluated. blaNDM-1 was detected in 11 (0.97%) isolates: nine Enterobacter cloacae complex (eight belonging to a single clone recovered from two distinct hospitals and the other strain from a third hospital) and two Morganella morganii (belonging to a single clone recovered from one hospital). Most isolates presented high-level resistance to carbapenems.
Conclusions: NDM-1-producing Enterobacteriaceae have emerged rapidly in the hospitals of the Brazilian city where they were first detected. The emergence of NDM-1 in Brazil is of great concern, since it is a severe threat to antimicrobial therapy against Enterobacteriaceae in this country.

• 出版日期2014-8