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American Society for Microbiology, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 4(58), p. 2446-2449, 2014

DOI: 10.1128/aac.02417-13

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OXA-48 Carbapenemase-Producing Salmonella enterica Serovar Kentucky Isolate of Sequence Type 198 in a Patient Transferred from Libya to Switzerland

Journal article published in 2014 by Salome Nadja Seiffert, Vincent Perreten ORCID, Sönke Johannes, Sara Christine Droz, Thomas Bodmer ORCID, Andrea Endimiani
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Abstract

ABSTRACT Here, we report a case of OXA-48-producing Salmonella enterica serovar Kentucky of sequence type 198 (ST198) from perianal screening cultures of a patient transferred from Libya to Switzerland. The bla OXA-48 gene was carried by Tn 1999.2 and located on an ∼60-kb IncL/M plasmid. This Salmonella strain also possessed the bla VEB-8 , aac ( 6 )- Ib , tet (A), sul1 , and mphA resistance genes and substitutions in GyrA (Ser83Phe and Asp87Asn) and ParC (Ser80Ile). This finding emphasizes that prompt screening strategies are essential to prevent the dissemination of carbapenemase producers imported from countries where they are endemic.