Bloodstream infection due to CTX-M-15 and TEM-1 extended spectrum β-lactamase-producing Salmonella enterica serovar Virchow ST16.

Bloodstream infection due to CTX-M-15 and TEM-1 extended spectrum β-lactamase-producing Salmonella enterica serovar Virchow ST16.
Jpn J Infect Dis. 2016 Oct 31;
Authors: Hwang JH, Shin GW, Hwang JH, Lee CS
Abstract
A 57-year-old man presented with a high fever and diarrhea. A blood culture showed the presence of a Group C nontyphoidal Salmonella isolate. On Salmonella serotyping, the isolate was Salmonella enterica serovar Virchow. Its sequence type was determined to be ST16 by sequence analysis of seven different housekeeping genes. The blaCTX-M group 1 and blaTEM genes were amplified by multiplex PCR assays for detecting ESBL genes. Sequences of both amplicons were respectively identical to CTX-M-15- and TEM-1-encoding genes. Considering that NTS can cause foodborne illness outbreaks in communities and is an important cause of community-acquired bloodstream infection. Clinicians should consider ESBL or AmpC-producing NTS species in the differential diagnosis.
PMID: 27795467 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases - October 30, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Hwang JH, Shin GW, Hwang JH, Lee CS Tags: Jpn J Infect Dis Source Type: research