title: First nosocomial outbreak of VIM-16-producing Serratia marcescens in Argentina.
abstract: Seven metallo-β-lactamase-positive isolates of Serratia marcescens were recovered from three patients hospitalized in a neonatal ward in an Argentinean hospital during the period July-September 2011. All the isolates were multidrug-resistant, they belonged to a single clone, and carried a blaVIM-16 -containing class I integron structure. This represents the first nosocomial outbreak of metallo-β-lactamase in Enterobacteriaceae in Argentina.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Bacteriología, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires-Sanatorio Sagrado Corazón, Buenos Aires, Argentina. marcelanastro@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nastro
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Monge
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zintgraff
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Vaulet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boutureira
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Famiglietti
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
mesh_terms: D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D016868:Serratia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012706:Serratia marcescens / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001618:beta-Lactamases