Document Type
Article
Department
Pathology (East Africa)
Abstract
Seven carbapenem-resistant NDM-1-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates were recovered from patients hospitalized between 2007 and 2009 in different wards at a referral and tertiary care center in Nairobi. Most of the isolates were obtained from urine. All isolates carried the blaNDM-1 carbapenemase gene previously reported from India, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom. These isolates were clonally related and expressed many other resistance determinants, including β-lactamases CTX-M-15, OXA-1, OXA-9, CMY-6, and aminoglycoside resistance methylase RmtC. This work corresponds to the first report of NDM-1 producers in Africa.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Recommended Citation
Poirel, L.,
Revathi, G.,
Bernabeu, S.,
Nordmann, P.
(2011). Detection of NDM-1-producing klebsiella pneumoniae in Kenya.. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 55(2), 934-936.
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