First identification of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Czech Republic

J Hrabák; M Fridrichová; M Štolbová; T Bergerová; H Zemlickova; P Urbaskova

doi:10.2807/ese.14.04.19102-en

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First identification of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Czech Republic
J Hrabák¹ , M Fridrichová² , M Štolbová³ , T Bergerová¹ , H Zemlickova² , P Urbaskova²
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital in Plzeň, Charles University in Prague, Plzeň, Czech Republic ² National Reference Laboratory for Antibiotics, National Institute of Health in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic ³ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Masaryk´s Hospital, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

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H Zemlickova
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Citation style for this article: Hrabák J, Fridrichová M, Štolbová M, Bergerová T, Zemlickova H, Urbaskova P. First identification of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Czech Republic. Euro Surveill. 2009;14(4):pii=19102. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.14.04.19102-en Received: 23 Jan 2009

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Abstract

Since 2005, invasive isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa have been collected in the Czech Republic as part of the European Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS). Forty-eight microbiology laboratories throughout the country including approximately 81% of the population provide consecutive isolates from blood and cerebrospinal fluid. Surprisingly, no metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) was found in 1,259 invasive isolates tested over the past three years until the detection of two MBL-producing strains in mid-2008. Both strains were isolated from patients hospitalised in one regional hospital. The MBL was identified as IMP-7, which had been seen previously in Canada, Japan, Malaysia and Slovakia.