An OXA-48-producing Escherichia coli isolated from a Danish patient with no hospitalization abroad

作者：Gedebjerg Anne^*; Hasman Henrik; Sorensen Christian Moller; Wang Mikala

来源：Infectious Diseases, 2015, 47(8): 593-595.

DOI：10.3109/23744235.2015.1019920

• Travel-associated spread
• OXA-48
• carbapenem resistance
• Enterobacteriaceae

Carbapenemase-producing organisms are disseminating globally and are now emerging as a worrying threat in Scandinavia. Before August 2013, OXA-48-producing organisms had not been detected in Danish patients. Here we report the isolation of an ST746 OXA-48-producing Escherichia coli with the plasmid pOXA-48a carrying the bla(OXA-48) gene isolated from a Danish patient without history of hospitalization abroad. The patient reported tourist travel to Egypt and Turkey. The potential acquisition of carbapenemase-producing organisms by ingestion of contaminated food is discussed.

• 出版日期2015-8