INVESTIGADORES
DI CONZA Jose Alejandro
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Is the CTX-M-2 era in Argentina coming to an end? The new epidemiology of ESBLs far to the South
Autor/es:
SENATTI SAMANTA; SANTELLA GISELA; PALLECCHI LUCCIA; DI CONZA JOSÉ; FAMIGLIETTI ANGELINA; RADICE MARCELA; GUTKIND GABRIEL
Lugar:
Leonessa
Reunión:
Congreso; 11th ß-Lactamase Meeting; 2011
Institución organizadora:
University of L´Aquila
Resumen:
Since its first detection in 1989, CTX-M-2 has become the most prevalent resistant marker in Argentina; in fact, CTX-M group 2 enzymes constitute the only cefotaximases reported along this country. A prospective one-month period study was conducted to analyze the current prevalence and eventual emergence of new cefotaximases in enterobacteria. A total of 1,586 enterobacterial isolates were recovered during October 2010 from patients at 15 hospitals in Argentina. Two hundred and seven isolates (13,1%) displayed third generation cephalosporins resistance (inhibition zone for cefotaxime
