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J Med Microbiol
; 67(11): 1535-1537, 2018 Nov.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30289383
RESUMO
Several species of Aeromonas produce the enzyme CphA metallo-ß-lactamase. This study describes an isolate of Aeromonas hydrophila harbouring an acquired gene encoding the carbapenemase GES-24. This isolate was obtained from an inpatient in Okinawa, Japan, with no apparent record of travelling overseas. The minimum inhibitory concentrations of carbapenems against this isolate were 8 µg ml-1 for imipenem and 16 µg ml-1 for meropenem. Recombinant GES-24 hydrolyzed all of the tested ß-lactams, including imipenem and meropenem. The genomic environment surrounding blaGES-24 was intI1-blaGES-24-aac(6')-IIc-qacEdelta1-sulI-orfX-tetR-tetE. This is the first report of A. hydrophila producing a GES-type carbapenemase.