An OXA-48-producingEscherichia coliisolated from a Danish patient with no hospitalization abroad
- 9 March 2015
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 47 (8), 593-595
- https://doi.org/10.3109/23744235.2015.1019920
Abstract
Carbapenemase-producing organisms are disseminating globally and are now emerging as a worrying threat in Scandinavia. Before August 2013, OXA-48-producing organisms had not been detected in Danish patients. Here we report the isolation of an ST746 OXA-48-producing Escherichia coli with the plasmid pOXA-48a carrying the blaOXA-48 gene isolated from a Danish patient without history of hospitalization abroad. The patient reported tourist travel to Egypt and Turkey. The potential acquisition of carbapenemase-producing organisms by ingestion of contaminated food is discussed.Keywords
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