First report of NDM-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Egypt

Mai Mahmoud Zafer; Mady Amin; Hadir El Mahallawy; Mohammed Seif El-Din Ashour; Mohamed Al Agamy

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2014.07.008

International Journal of Infectious Diseases (Dec 2014)

First report of NDM-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Egypt

Mai Mahmoud Zafer,
Mady Amin,
Hadir El Mahallawy,
Mohammed Seif El-Din Ashour,
Mohamed Al Agamy

Affiliations

Mai Mahmoud Zafer: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ahram Canadian University, 4th Industrial Zone, Banks Complex, 6th of October, Giza, Egypt
Mady Amin: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, El Aini, Al Sayedah Zeinab, Cairo, Egypt
Hadir El Mahallawy: Department of Clinical Pathology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Mohammed Seif El-Din Ashour: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, MSA University, 6th of October, Giza, Egypt
Mohamed Al Agamy: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2014.07.008
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. C
pp. 80 – 81

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This work reports the occurrence of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) in metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Egypt for the first time, and the presence of more than one blaMBL gene in carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa.

Published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1201-9712 (Print); 1878-3511 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-infectious-diseases/

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