Isolation of NDM-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa sequence type ST235 from a stem cell transplant patient in Italy, May 2013

A Carattoli; D Fortini; R Galetti; A Garcia-Fernandez; G Nardi; D Orazi; A Capone; I Majolino; A Proia; B Mariani; G Parisi; A Morrone; N Petrosillo

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.46.20633

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Isolation of NDM-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa sequence type ST235 from a stem cell transplant patient in Italy, May 2013
A Carattoli¹ , D Fortini¹ , R Galetti¹ , A Garcia-Fernandez¹ , G Nardi² , D Orazi² , A Capone³ , I Majolino² , A Proia² , B Mariani² , G Parisi² , A Morrone² , N Petrosillo³
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Affiliations: ¹ Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome Italy ² Azienda Ospedaliera S.Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome Italy ³ National Institute of Infectious Disease “L. Spallanzani”, Rome Italy

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N Petrosillo
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Citation style for this article: Carattoli A, Fortini D, Galetti R, Garcia-Fernandez A, Nardi G, Orazi D, Capone A, Majolino I, Proia A, Mariani B, Parisi G, Morrone A, Petrosillo N. Isolation of NDM-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa sequence type ST235 from a stem cell transplant patient in Italy, May 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(46):pii=20633. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.46.20633 Received: 25 Oct 2013

Abstract

We describe the first isolation of an NDM-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Italy. In May 2013, a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and history of prior hospitalisation in Belgrad, Serbia, underwent stem cell transplantation at a tertiary care hospital in Rome, Italy. After transplantion, sepsis by NDM-1-producing P. aeruginosa occurred, leading to septic shock and fatal outcome.