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. 2019 Mar;100(3):529-531.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0802.

First Report of New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase Carbapenemase-Producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Peru

Claudio Rocha  1 , Manuela Bernal  1 , Enrique Canal  1 , Paul Rios  1 , Rina Meza  1 , Miguel Lopez  1 , Rosa Burga  1 , Ricardo Abadie  1 , Melita Pizango  1 , Elia Diaz  2 , Alexander Briones  2 , Cesar Ramal-Asayag  3   2 , William Vicente  4 , James Regeimbal  1 , Andrea McCoy  1
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First Report of New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase Carbapenemase-Producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Peru

Claudio Rocha et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Mar.

Abstract

Here we report the first incidence of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM-1)-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Peru, identified via a strain-based nosocomial surveillance project carried out in Lima and Iquitos. The bla NDM-1 gene was detected by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and confirmed by loci sequencing. Acinetobacter baumannii is a nearly ubiquitous and promiscuous nosocomial pathogen, and the acquisition of bla NDM-1 by A. baumannii may facilitate an increase in the prevalence of this important resistance marker in other nosocomial pathogens.

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