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Case Reports
. 2015 May;82(1):1-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.02.008. Epub 2015 Feb 21.

Intestinal carriage of Shewanella xiamenensis simulating carriage of OXA-48-producing Enterobacteriaceae

Alberto Antonelli  1 , Domenica Maria Di Palo  2 , Angelo Galano  2 , Sabrina Becciani  3 , Carlotta Montagnani  3 , Patrizia Pecile  4 , Luisa Galli  5 , Gian Maria Rossolini  6
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Intestinal carriage of Shewanella xiamenensis simulating carriage of OXA-48-producing Enterobacteriaceae

Alberto Antonelli et al. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2015 May.

Abstract

Positivity for bla(OXA-48)-like carbapenemase genes was revealed by molecular testing of a surveillance rectal swab from a patient who had previously been colonized and infected by an OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. Positivity was due to a coincidental carriage of Shewanella xiamenensis harboring a new bla(OXA-48)-like gene, while the K. pneumoniae was no longer present.

Keywords: Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae; Molecular testing; OXA-48 carbapenemase; Shewanella xiamenensis; Surveillance.

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