Between July 2011 and August 2011, the New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) gene was detected in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli isolates obtained from six patients hospitalised in four health- care facilities in northern Italy. The patient who had been hospitalised in New Delhi, India, from February to May 2011 and subsequently in the Bologna area, Italy, from May to July 2011, may have been the source of the outbreak. Our findings suggest ongoing spread of this carbapenem-resistance gene in Italy and high- light the need for intensive surveillance.
Gaibani P., Ambretti S., Berlingeri A., Cordovana M., Farruggia P., Panico M., et al. (2011). Outbreak of NDM-1-producing Enterobacteriaceae in northern Italy, July to August 2011. EUROSURVEILLANCE, 47, 20027-20027.
Outbreak of NDM-1-producing Enterobacteriaceae in northern Italy, July to August 2011.
GAIBANI, PAOLO;AMBRETTI, SIMONE;BERLINGERI, ANDREA;LANDINI, MARIA PAOLA;SAMBRI, VITTORIO
2011
Abstract
Between July 2011 and August 2011, the New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) gene was detected in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli isolates obtained from six patients hospitalised in four health- care facilities in northern Italy. The patient who had been hospitalised in New Delhi, India, from February to May 2011 and subsequently in the Bologna area, Italy, from May to July 2011, may have been the source of the outbreak. Our findings suggest ongoing spread of this carbapenem-resistance gene in Italy and high- light the need for intensive surveillance.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
