Early dissemination of NDM-1- and OXA-181-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Indian hospitals: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 2006-2007

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Mar;55(3):1274-8. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01497-10. Epub 2010 Dec 28.

Abstract

Among 39 carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (2.7% overall; Escherichia coli, Enterobacter cloacae, and Klebsiella pneumoniae strains) isolated in 2006 and 2007 in India, 15 strains carried bla(NDM-1) and 10 harbored a gene encoding a variant of the carbapenemase OXA-48, named bla(OXA-181). One E. cloacae strain harbored bla(VIM-6), and one K. pneumoniae strain carrying bla(OXA-181) also possessed bla(VIM-5). Multiple pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns and clonal dissemination within and among sites were observed. Isolates producing NDM-1 were disseminated in Indian health care facilities as early as 2006.

MeSH terms

  • Carbapenems / metabolism
  • Carbapenems / pharmacology
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics
  • Enterobacteriaceae / drug effects
  • Enterobacteriaceae / enzymology*
  • Enterobacteriaceae / genetics
  • Hospitals
  • India
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Carbapenems
  • beta-Lactamases
  • beta-lactamase NDM-1
  • oxacillinase

Associated data

  • GENBANK/HM992946