Laboratorio de Bacteriología, Instituto de Fisiopatología y Bioquímica Clínica, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Aug;50(8):2830-2. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00924-12. Epub 2012 Jun 12.
In the literature, only three Brevundimonas diminuta environmental isolates carrying metallo-β-lactamase genes were recently published. However, so far, no B. diminuta clinical isolates carrying these carbapenem resistance genes have been described. Here we report the first VIM-2 metallo-β-lactamase-producing B. diminuta clinical isolate obtained from an immunocompromised patient.
在文献中,最近仅发表了三篇携带金属β-内酰胺酶基因的卑弥呼短杆菌环境分离株。然而,迄今为止,尚未描述过携带这些碳青霉烯类耐药基因的卑弥呼短杆菌临床分离株。在此,我们报道了首例从免疫功能低下患者中分离出的产 VIM-2 金属β-内酰胺酶的卑弥呼短杆菌临床分离株。