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. 2002 Dec;46(12):3739-43.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.46.12.3739-3743.2002.

Distribution of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae in Vietnam

Van Cao  1 , Thierry Lambert, Duong Quynh Nhu, Huynh Kim Loan, Nguyen Kim Hoang, Guillaume Arlet, Patrice Courvalin
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Distribution of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae in Vietnam

Van Cao et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2002 Dec.

Abstract

Among 730 Escherichia coli, 438 Klebsiella pneumoniae, and 141 Proteus mirabilis isolates obtained between September 2000 and September 2001 in seven hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 26.6% were resistant to ceftazidime, 30% were resistant to cefotaxime, 31.5% were resistant to ceftriaxone, 15.9% were resistant to cefoperazone, and 6% were resistant to cefepime. Resistance to imipenem was found in 5.6% of the isolates. In 55 strains producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (32 E. coli isolates, 13 K. pneumoniae isolates, and 10 P. mirabilis isolates), structural genes for VEB-1 (25.5%), CTX-M (25.5%), SHV (38.1%), and TEM (76.3%) enzymes were detected alone or in combination. Sequencing of the PCR products obtained from the K. pneumoniae isolates revealed the presence of bla(VEB-1), bla(CTX-M-14), bla(CTX-M-17), bla(SHV-2), and bla(TEM-1). Molecular typing of the strains with a similar resistance phenotype to broad-spectrum cephalosporins indicated polyclonal spread. ISEcp1 was presumably responsible for dissemination of the bla(CTX-M-like) gene.

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