Abstract
ABSTRACTFive isolates (fourKlebsiella pneumoniaeand oneEscherichia coli) displaying resistance to piperacillin/tazobactam and ertapenem and reduced susceptibility to imipenem were found positive forblaOXA-48-like genes (blaOXA-181andblaOXA-232) carried on plasmids described previously. Although twoK. pneumoniaerecovered in 2020 were clonally related, the results suggest thatblaOXA-48-like genes have been circulating in Guatemala since 2019. This is the first report of this type of carbapenemase in Central America.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory