Vol. 39 No. 3 (2022): JUNIO
Short Communication

First isolates of Enterobacter cloacae complex co-producing KPC and NDM in a second level hospital in City of Panama

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  • Olmedo Villarreal,
  • Anisabel González,
  • Angela Zurita
Olmedo Villarreal
Hospital Irma De Lourdes Tzanetatos, Universidad de Panamá.
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Anisabel González
Hospital Irma de Lourdes Tzanetatos
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Angela Zurita
Hospital Irma de Lourdes Tzanetatos
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Published 2022-08-02

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Villarreal O, González A, Zurita A. First isolates of Enterobacter cloacae complex co-producing KPC and NDM in a second level hospital in City of Panama. Rev. Chilena. Infectol. [Internet]. 2022 Aug. 2 [cited 2025 Nov. 23];39(3). Available from: https://revinf.cl/index.php/revinf/article/view/1384

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Abstract

Enterobacterales co-producing carbapenemases have awakened health alerts in Latin America. Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales harboring KPC and NDM-1 are resistant to almost all existing antibiotics. Panama reports KPC since 2010, and NDM since 2011, however, Enterobacterales with double carbapenemase production is new to our hospitals. We present the first two isolates of Enterobacter cloacae complex co-producing KPC and NDM, in a second level hospital in Panama City. Strengthening epidemiological surveillance systems in hospitals allows to carry out timely detection of these new combinations of resistance; to implement outbreak prevention and control measures.

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