Indistinguishable NDM-producing escherichia coli isolated from recreational waters, sewage, and a clinical specimen in Ireland, 2016 to 2017
Mahon, Bláthnaid M. Brehony, Carina McGrath, Elaine Killeen, James Cormican, Martin Hickey, Paul Keane, Shane Hanahoe, Belinda Dolan, Ann Morris, Dearbháile
Mahon, Bláthnaid M.
Brehony, Carina
McGrath, Elaine
Killeen, James
Cormican, Martin
Hickey, Paul
Keane, Shane
Hanahoe, Belinda
Dolan, Ann
Morris, Dearbháile
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2017-04-13
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Mahon BM, Brehony C, McGrath E, Killeen J, Cormican M, Hickey P, Keane S, Hanahoe B, Dolan A, Morris D. Indistinguishable NDM-producing Escherichia coli isolated from recreational waters, sewage, and a clinical specimen in Ireland, 2016 to 2017. Euro Surveill. 2017;22(15):pii=30513. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.15.30513
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In this study, New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM)-producing Enterobacteriaceae were identified in Irish recreational waters and sewage. Indistinguishable NDM-producing Escherichia coli by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis were isolated from sewage, a fresh water stream and a human source. NDM-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from sewage and seawater in the same area were closely related to each other and to a human isolate. This raises concerns regarding the potential for sewage discharges to contribute to the spread of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae.
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
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