Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Publication Source
Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
Abstract
Objectives: This study aimed to identify carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria from clinical specimens of patients in Yola, Nigeria.
Methods: Routine clinical specimens were screened for the presence of carbapenem-resistant Gramnegative bacteria using chromogenic agar plates. Susceptibility of all presumptive isolates to carbapenems was tested by MIC and disk diffusion methods. Real-time PCR was used to test for the presence of carbapenemase genes.
Results: Screening of 1741 clinical specimens yielded 119 (6.8%) presumptive carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing confirmed carbapenem resistance in 105 of these isolates. New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (blaNDM) gene was detected in 26 isolates and Verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase (blaVIM) gene was detected in four. The mechanism of resistance could not be identified in approximately two thirds of the carbapenem-resistant isolates.
Conclusion: While blaNDM and blaVIM accounted for 28.6% of the resistance seen, further molecular-based studies are needed to characterise the other mechanisms of carbapenem resistance in these isolates.
Inclusive pages
42-45
ISBN/ISSN
2213-7165
Document Version
Published Version
Publisher
Elsevier
Volume
21
eCommons Citation
Shettima, Shuwaram A.; Tickler, Isabella A.; dela Cruz, Caitlin M.; and Tenover, Fred C., "Characterisation of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative organisms from clinical specimens in Yola, Nigeria" (2020). Biology Faculty Publications. 340.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/bio_fac_pub/340
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Comments
This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).