OXA-48 Carbapenemase-Producing Salmonella enterica Serovar Kentucky Isolate of Sequence Type 198 in a Patient Transferred from Libya to Switzerland

Abstract

ABSTRACTHere, we report a case of OXA-48-producingSalmonella entericaserovar Kentucky of sequence type 198 (ST198) from perianal screening cultures of a patient transferred from Libya to Switzerland. TheblaOXA-48gene was carried by Tn1999.2and located on an ∼60-kb IncL/M plasmid. ThisSalmonellastrain also possessed theblaVEB-8,aac(6)-Ib,tet(A),sul1, andmphAresistance genes and substitutions in GyrA (Ser83Phe and Asp87Asn) and ParC (Ser80Ile). This finding emphasizes that prompt screening strategies are essential to prevent the dissemination of carbapenemase producers imported from countries where they are endemic.