Molecular Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Isolates in Portuguese Hospitals: Results From European Survey on Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae (EuSCAPE).

ABSTRACT: In Portugal, the epidemiological stage for the spread of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) increased from sporadic isolates or single hospital clones (2010-2013), to hospital outbreaks, later. Here we report data from a 6-month study performed under the European Survey on Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae (EuSCAPE). During the study period, 67 isolates (61 Klebsiella pneumoniae and 6 Escherichia coli) non-susceptible to carbapenems were identified in participant hospital laboratories. We detected 37 bla _KPC-type (including one new variant: bla _KPC-21), 1 bla _GES-5, and 1 bla _GES-6 plus bla _KPC-3, alone or in combination with other bla genes. B

SUBMITTER: Manageiro V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6277554 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature