Identification of blaOXA-₅₁-like, blaOXA-₅₈, blaDIM-₁, and blaVIM carbapenemase genes in hospital Enterobacteriaceae isolates from Sierra Leone

J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Jul;51(7):2435-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00832-13. Epub 2013 May 8.

Abstract

We describe the results of a molecular epidemiological survey of 15 carbapenemase-encoding genes from a recent collection of clinical isolates from Mercy Hospital in Bo, Sierra Leone. The most salient findings revealed that (i) 60% of the isolates harbored multiple carbapenemase genes; (ii) the blaDIM-1 gene, which has previously only been reported in The Netherlands, is also circulating in this environment; and (iii) blaOXA-51-like and blaOXA-58 genes, which were thought to reside exclusively in Acinetobacter species, can also be found in members of the Enterobacteriaceae.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Enterobacteriaceae / enzymology*
  • Enterobacteriaceae / genetics
  • Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / epidemiology*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sierra Leone / epidemiology
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • beta-Lactamases
  • carbapenemase

Associated data

  • GENBANK/KC004135
  • GENBANK/KC004136