Isolation of NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pnemoniae in Ireland, July 2011

H McDermott; D Morris; E McArdle; G O'Mahony; S Kelly; M Cormican; R Cunney

doi:10.2807/ese.17.07.20087-en

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Isolation of NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pnemoniae in Ireland, July 2011
H McDermott¹ , D Morris² , E McArdle³ , G O'Mahony¹ , S Kelly¹ , M Cormican² , R Cunney¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, Ireland ² Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Ecology Group, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland ³ Department of Public Health, Health Services Executive, Dr Steeven’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

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R Cunney
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Citation style for this article: McDermott H, Morris D, McArdle E, O'Mahony G, Kelly S, Cormican M, Cunney R. Isolation of NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pnemoniae in Ireland, July 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(7):pii=20087. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.17.07.20087-en Received: 20 Jan 2012

Abstract

We report the identification of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1 (NDM-1)-producing Klebsiella pnemoniae in Ireland. The organism was resistant to multiple antibiotic classes, including carbapenems, and PCR and sequencing confirmed the presence of the blaNDM-1 gene, carried on a 98kb plasmid. The organism was isolated from an infant, who was born in India and moved to Ireland at the age of four months. This is the first reported isolation of an NDM-1-producing Enterobacteriaceae strain in Ireland.