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| Year : 2016 | Volume
: 34
| Issue : 3 | Page : 359-361 |
Multidrug resistance mediated by co-carriage of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, AmpC and New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 genes among carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae at five Indian medical centres
A Manoharan1, GS Barla2, R Peter2, M Sugumar2, D Mathai3
1 Pushpagiri Research Center, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Thiruvalla, Kerala, India
2 Department of Medicine, Benjamin M Pulimood Laboratories for Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
3 Department of Medicine, Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences, Education and Research, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Correspondence Address:
A Manoharan
Pushpagiri Research Center, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Thiruvalla, Kerala
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.188350
In this study, we evaluated the coexistence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL), AmpC and New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) genes among carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) recovered prospectively from patients at multiple sites. The study included 285 CRE strains from 2782 Gram-negative Bacilli collected from multiple centres during 2007-2010, of which 87 were characterised. Standard and reference laboratory methods were used for resistance determination. Detection of blaNDM-1 , blaAmpC , blaTEM , blaSHV and blaCTX-M was done by polymerase chain reaction. High levels of antimicrobial resistance observed among study isolates. Co-carriage of ESBLs, AmpC and NDM-1 was 26.3%. Nosocomial origin among the co-carriage isolates was 64.3%, with 9.2% associated mortality.
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