Frequency of plasmid-mediated AmpC in enterobacteriaceae isolated in a Brazilian teaching hospital

Abstract

In Brazil, the presence of plasmid-mediated AmpC (pAmpC)-producing isolates has been sporadically reported. We evaluated the frequency of pAmpC among 133 Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates. The blaCMY-2-like gene was detected in a single Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate. In our study, the pAmpC frequency was very low as previously reported. © 2013, Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia.