Abstract
We describe an outbreak caused by KPC-2- and IMP-10-producing Serratia marcescens isolates in a Brazilian teaching hospital. Tigecycline was the only active antimicrobial agent tested. The blaIMP-10 gene was located in a new class 1 integron, named In990, carried by a nonconjugative plasmid, in contrast to blaKPC-2·
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Silva, K. E., Cayô, R., Carvalhaes, C. G., Patussi Correia Sacchi, F., Rodrigues-Costa, F., Ramos Da Silva, A. C., … Simionatto, S. (2015). Coproduction of KPC-2 and IMP-10 in carbapenem-resistant Serratia marcescens isolates from an outbreak in a Brazilian Teaching Hospital. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53(7), 2324–2328. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00727-15
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