Volume 18, Number 8—August 2012
Letter
blaNDM-1–positive Klebsiella pneumoniae from Environment, Vietnam
Rie Isozumi
, Kumiko Yoshimatsu, Tetsu Yamashiro, Futoshi Hasebe, Binh Minh Nguyen, Tuan Cuong Ngo, Shumpei P. Yasuda, Takaaki Koma, Kenta Shimizu, and Jiro Arikawa
, Kumiko Yoshimatsu, Tetsu Yamashiro, Futoshi Hasebe, Binh Minh Nguyen, Tuan Cuong Ngo, Shumpei P. Yasuda, Takaaki Koma, Kenta Shimizu, and Jiro ArikawaTable
Resistance to 13 antimicrobial drugs of blaNDM-1–positive Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from the Kim Nguu River, Hanoi, Vietnam*
| Antimicrobial drug | MIC, mg/L |
|
|---|---|---|
| Site X | Site Y | |
| Piperacillin/tazobactam | 64–>256 | 64–>256 |
| Cefotaxime | 48–>256 | 96–128 |
| Ceftazidime | >256 | >256 |
| Ceftriaxone | 96–>256 | 128–>256 |
| Meropenem | 8–>32 | 12–>32 |
| Doripenem | 4–>32 | 8–>32 |
| Imipenem | 6–>32 | >32 |
| Fosfomycin | 3–8 | 8 |
| Gentamicin | >1,024 | >1,024 |
| Tobramycin | 384–>1,024 | 256–384 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 0.064–1.5 | 0.064 |
| Colistin | 0.19–2 | 0.125–0.38 |
| Tgecycline | 1.5–3 | 0.5–1.5 |
*MICs were interpreted by using Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines (www.clsi.org).
