ST773 <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> wound infection as a result of medical tourism to Turkey

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Medical tourism for cheaper aesthetic surgeries in countries like Turkey may result in infections like carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Bioinformatics analysis of a reported case in Israel revealed a highly virulent and antibiotic-resistant strain, emphasizing the need for infection control and appropriate antibiotic use in medical tourism.

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VIM-1, VIM-2, and GES-5 Carbapenemases Among Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates at a Tertiary Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey

Gülşah Malkoçoğlu, Elif Aktas, Banu Bayraktar … (2017)

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Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales and Pseudomonas aeruginosa causing infection in Africa and the Middle East: a surveillance study from the ATLAS programme (2018–20)

James Karlowsky, Samuel Bouchillon, Ramy El Mahdy Kotb … (2022)

Abstract Objectives To determine the in vitro susceptibility of Enterobacterales (n = 5457) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n = 1949) isolated from hospitalized patients in Africa (three countries) and the Middle East (five countries) in 2018–20 to a panel of 11 antimicrobials and to identify β-lactamase/carbapenemase genes in isolates with meropenem-non-susceptible and/or ceftazidime/avibactam-resistant phenotypes. Methods CLSI broth microdilution testing generated MICs that were interpreted using CLSI (2021) breakpoints. β-Lactamase/carbapenemase genes were identified using multiplex PCR assays. Results Enterobacterales isolates were highly susceptible to amikacin (96.7%), ceftazidime/avibactam (96.6%) and tigecycline (96.0%), and slightly less susceptible to meropenem (94.3%). In total, 337 Enterobacterales isolates (6.2% of all Enterobacterales isolates) carried one or more carbapenemase genes: 188 isolates carried a serine carbapenemase (178 OXA, 10 KPC) and 167 isolates carried an MBL (18 isolates carried both an MBL and an OXA). NDM-1 was the most common MBL identified (64.1% of NDM enzymes; 59.9% of all MBLs). OXA-48 (47.8%) and OXA-181 (38.8%) were the most common OXAs detected. P. aeruginosa isolates were most susceptible to ceftazidime/avibactam (89.1%) and amikacin (88.9%). Only 73.1% of P. aeruginosa isolates were meropenem susceptible. The majority (68.1%) of P. aeruginosa isolates tested for carbapenemase/β-lactamase genes were negative. In total, 88 isolates (4.5% of all P. aeruginosa isolates) carried one or more carbapenemase genes: 81 isolates carried an MBL and 8 carried a GES carbapenemase (1 isolate carried genes for both). Conclusions Carbapenemase detection was closely associated with meropenem-non-susceptible phenotypes for Enterobacterales (89.1%) but not for P. aeruginosa (24.2%). Wide geographic variation in carbapenemase type and frequency of detection was observed.