First nosocomial outbreak of VIM-16-producing Serratia marcescens in Argentina
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- DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03978.x
First nosocomial outbreak of VIM-16-producing Serratia marcescens in Argentina
Abstract
Seven metallo-β-lactamase-positive isolates of Serratia marcescens were recovered from three patients hospitalized in a neonatal ward in an Argentinean hospital during the period July-September 2011. All the isolates were multidrug-resistant, they belonged to a single clone, and carried a blaVIM-16 -containing class I integron structure. This represents the first nosocomial outbreak of metallo-β-lactamase in Enterobacteriaceae in Argentina.
© 2012 The Authors. Clinical Microbiology and Infection © 2012 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
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