Metallo-β-Lactamase and Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase Production by Serratia Strains [Letter]

• Main Authors: Singh BR, Singh SV
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dove Medical Press 2020-05-01
• Series: Infection and Drug Resistance
• Subjects: serratia arcescens; serratia ficaria; serratia liquefaciens; serratia odorifera; serratia plymuthica (4)
• Online Access: https://www.dovepress.com/metallo-beta-lactamase-and-extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-production-peer-reviewed-article-IDR

Bhoj R Singh, 1 Shiv Varan Singh 2 1Division of Epidemiology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 243122, India; 2Division of Bacteriology and Mycology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 243122, IndiaCorrespondence: Bhoj R Singh Email [e-mail] In a recent study, 1 thirty-six Serratia marcescens clonally disseminated isolates harbouring a blaKPC-2 carrying plasmid were reported from a Zhejiang University School of Medicine hospital.We felt it appropriate to share our observations on Serratia strains in the last three years isolated from referred veterinary and medical clinical cases. In our laboratory, none of the Serratia marcescens isolates from samples referred from veterinary and medical clinical cases and, fish for meat, milk and environmental samples at Indian Veterinary Research Institute, India either produced metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) or was resistant to any of the three carbapenems (ertapenem, meropenem and imipenem) drugs tested.   View the original paper by Xu and colleagues