Clinical strains of Enterobacter were isolated from
Cumana's Central Hospital in Venezuela, and classified as E. cloacae
(21), E. aerogenes (7), E. intermedium (1),
E. sakazakii (1) and three unclassified. The strains showed high
levels of resistance, especially to SXT (58.1%), CRO (48.8%), CAZ (46.6%), PIP
(46.4%), CIP (45.2%) and ATM (43.3%). This is the first report for South America of
bla
VIM-2 in two E. cloacae and one
Enterobacter sp., which also showed multiple mechanisms of
resistance. Both E. cloacae showed bla
TEM-1, but only one showed bla
CTX-M-15 gene, while no bla
SHV was detected.