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Revista argentina de microbiología
Print version ISSN 0325-7541On-line version ISSN 1851-7617
Abstract
PAGNIEZ, G. et al. Prevalence of metallo-β-lactamase in carbapenem resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa at an University Hospital of Buenos Aires City. Rev. argent. microbiol. [online]. 2006, vol.38, n.1, pp.33-37. ISSN 0325-7541.
The present study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of metallo-β-lactamases in 91 consecutive carbapenem resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates, recovered from inpatients at Hospital de Clínicas in Buenos Aires. Both, phenotypic and genotypic methods detected the presence of carbapenemases in 10 (11%) isolates, corresponding to VIM-11 in 7/10 and VIM-2 in the others. Codifying genes were all included in class 1 integrons, upstream genes coding for aminoglycoside modifying enzymes. One hundred percent sensitivity and specificity was achieved by the metallo-β-lactamases phenotypic screening method using EDTA (1 µmol) disks in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates included in this study. Sensitivity to aztreonam in carbapenem resistant isolates was suspicious of the presence of these enzymes.
Keywords : metallo-β-lactamases; carbapenem resistance; carbapenemases.