Positivity for bla(OXA-48)-like carbapenemase genes was revealed by molecular testing of a surveillance rectal swab from a patient who had previously been colonized and infected by an OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. Positivity was due to a coincidental carriage of Shewanella xiamenensis harboring a new bla(OXA-48)-like gene, while the K. pneumoniae was no longer present.

Intestinal carriage of Shewanella xiamenensis simulating carriage of OXA-48-producing Enterobacteriaceae / Antonelli, Alberto; Di Palo, Domenica Maria; Galano, Angelo; Becciani, Sabrina; Montagnani, Carlotta; Pecile, Patrizia; Galli, Luisa; Rossolini, Gian Maria. - In: DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE. - ISSN 0732-8893. - STAMPA. - 82:(2015), pp. 1-3. [10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.02.008]

Intestinal carriage of Shewanella xiamenensis simulating carriage of OXA-48-producing Enterobacteriaceae

BECCIANI, SABRINA;MONTAGNANI, CARLOTTA;PECILE, PATRIZIA;GALLI, LUISA;ROSSOLINI, GIAN MARIA
2015

Abstract

Positivity for bla(OXA-48)-like carbapenemase genes was revealed by molecular testing of a surveillance rectal swab from a patient who had previously been colonized and infected by an OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. Positivity was due to a coincidental carriage of Shewanella xiamenensis harboring a new bla(OXA-48)-like gene, while the K. pneumoniae was no longer present.
2015
82
1
3
Antonelli, Alberto; Di Palo, Domenica Maria; Galano, Angelo; Becciani, Sabrina; Montagnani, Carlotta; Pecile, Patrizia; Galli, Luisa; Rossolini, Gian Maria
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