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- Title
Surveillance in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Allowed the Isolation of a Strain of VIM-Producing Pantoea brenneri.
- Authors
Merla, Cristina; Mileto, Irene; Gaiarsa, Stefano; Achille, Cristian; Ghirardello, Stefano; Corbella, Marta; Baldanti, Fausto; Cambieri, Patrizia
- Abstract
Here, we describe the isolation of a strain of the genus Pantoea encoding a VIM carbapenemase, the first to our knowledge. The strain, isolated from a rectal swab of a 10-day-old newborn admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), was identified through whole-genome sequencing analyses as Pantoea brenneri. The strain harbored the carbapenemases gene blaVIM-1. The prompt application of contact measures and the isolation of the newborn prevented the dissemination of VIM-producing P. brenneri and of the plasmid carrying the VIM-1 gene to other newborns.
- Subjects
NEONATAL intensive care units; KLEBSIELLA pneumoniae; NUCLEOTIDE sequencing
- Publication
Antibiotics (2079-6382), 2023, Vol 12, Issue 1, p98
- ISSN
2079-6382
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.3390/antibiotics12010098