LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Investigation of carbapenemases and aminoglycoside modifying enzymes of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates recovered from patients admitted to intensive care units in a tertiary-care hospital in Brazil

Polotto, Milena; Casella, Tiago; Tolentino, Fernanda Modesto; Mataruco, Mayra Mioto; Porto, Naiady Konno Madela; Binhardi, Mirella Fontana Batista; Nogueira, Mara Corrêa Lelles.

Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop; 53 (), 2020

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Acinetobacter baumannii are opportunistic bacteria, highly capable of acquiring antimicrobial resistance through the production of carbapenemases and aminoglycoside modifying enzymes (AMEs). METHODS: Carbapenemase and AME genes were investigated in A. baumannii recovered from inp...

Infecciones por Acinetobacter/microbiología, Acinetobacter baumannii/efectos de los fármacos, Acinetobacter baumannii/enzimología, Acinetobacter baumannii/aislamiento & purificación, Aminoglicósidos/genética, Antibacterianos/farmacología, Proteínas Bacterianas/genética, Brasil, Farmacorresistencia Bacteriana Múltiple, Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos, Pruebas de Sensibilidad Microbiana, Centros de Atención Terciaria, beta-Lactamasas/genética

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Emergence of aph(3')-VI and accumulation of aminoglycoside modifying enzyme genes in KPC-2-possessing Enterobacter aerogenes isolates from infections and colonization in patients from Recife-PE, Brazil

Abstract INTRODUCTION: The objective of this study was to characterize genes of aminoglycoside modifying enzymes (AMEs) in colonizing and infecting isolates of E. aerogenes harboring bla KPC from patients at a public hospital in Recife-PE, Brazil. METHODS: We analyzed 29 E. aerogenes clinical isolates...