Emergence of NDM-1- and IMP-14a-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Thailand

Prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in healthy adults, foods, food animals, and the environment in selected areas in Thailand

“…A molecular study to determine if this MRSA isolate is healthcare-associated or community-associated will be performed. Although infection or colonization with CRE has been reported in hospitalized patients in many hospitals in Thailand, 46,47 the prevalence of CRE in healthy individuals, foods, food animals, and the environment in this study was still extremely low. Molecular typing of these CRE isolates will also be performed in order to determine the mechanism of resistance to carbapenem.…”

Molecular Characterization by Using Next-Generation Sequencing of Plasmids Containing bla NDM-7 in Enterobacteriaceae from Calgary, Canada

“…Subsequently, bacteria carrying NDM have been recognized in over 50 countries on every continent, except Antarctica (2). Gram-negative bacteria carrying bla NDM are endemic in South Asia (especially the Indian subcontinent), South-East Asia (3,4), and certain countries within the Middle East and the Balkans (5). Infections with NDM-producing bacteria in areas where these organisms are nonendemic, such as Europe and North America, have most often been associated with patients who required hospitalization while visiting an area where NDM-producing bacteria are endemic (6).…”

Molecular Characterization of Carbapenemase-Nonproducing Clinical Isolates of <i>Escherichia coli</i> (from a Thai University Hospital) with Reduced Carbapenem Susceptibility

“…Our previous hospital-based surveillance of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in 2010 yielded the first report of NDM-1 produced by Klebsiella pneumoniae, E. coli, and Citrobacter freundii isolates and IMP-14a produced by K. pneumoniae isolates in Thailand (3). In addition, carbapenemase-negative ETPnonsusceptible (CNENS) clinical isolates of E. coli were detected.…”