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Volume 28, Number 11—November 2022
Online Report

Increased Detection of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales Bacteria in Latin America and the Caribbean during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Genara Romero Thomas, Alejandra Corso, Fernando Pasterán, Justina Shal, Aldo Sosa, Marcelo Pillonetto, Renata Tigulini de Souza Peral, Juan Carlos Hormazábal, Pamela Araya, Sandra Yamile Saavedra, Mariá Victoria Ovalle, María Antonieta Jiménez Pearson, Grettel Chanto Chacón, Eric Carbon, Carmen Julia Mazariegos Herrera, Selene del Carmen González Velásquez, Carolina Satan-Salazar, Fernando Villavicencio, Nancy Melgarejo Touchet, Sofía Busignani, Maritza Mayta-Barrios, Juan Ramírez-Illescas, Mariana López Vega, Cristina Mogdasy, Verónica Rosas, Nuris Salgado, Rodolfo Quiroz, Nathalie El-Omeiri, Marcelo Fabián Galas, Pilar Ramón-Pardo, and Roberto Gustavo MelanoComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA (G. Romero Thomas, R. Quiroz, N. El-Omeiri, M.F. Galas, P. Ramón-Pardo, R.G. Melano); Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas–ANLIS “Dr. C.G. Malbrán,” Argentina (A. Corso, F. Pasterán); Central Medical Laboratory, Belize City, Belize (J. Shal, A. Sosa); Laboratório Centrais de Saúde Pública do Paraná, Curitiba-PR, Brazil (M. Pillonetto); General Coordination of Public Health Laboratories, Brasilia-DF, Brazil (R. Tigulini de Souza Peral); Instituto de Salud Pública, Santiago, Chile (J.C. Hormazábal, P. Araya); Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia (S.Y. Saavedra, M.V. Ovalle); Instituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y Salud, Cartago, Costa Rica (M.A. Jiménez Pearson, G. Chanto Chacón); Princess Margaret Hospital/Dominica-China Friendship Hospital Laboratory, Roseau, Dominica (E. Carbon); Laboratorio Nacional de Salud, Bárcena, Guatemala (C.J. Mazariegos Herrera); Unidad Central de Referencia Vigilancia Epidemiológica, Bárcena (S.C. González Velásquez); Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Salud Pública, Quito, Ecuador (C. Satán-Salazar, F. Villavicencio); Laboratorio Central de Salud Pública, Asunción, Paraguay (N. Melgarejo Touchet, S. Busignani); Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Peru (M. Mayta-Barrios, J. Ramírez-Illescas); Departamento de Laboratorios de Salud Pública, Montevideo, Uruguay (M. López Vega, C. Mogdasy); Instituto Nacional de Higiene “Rafael Rangel”, Caracas, Venezuela (V. Rosas, N. Salgado); Public Health Ontario Laboratory, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.G. Melano)

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Increased rates of meropenem nonsusceptibility (intermediate plus resistance categories) in Klebsiella pneumoniae from countries reporting changes in the prevalence of some carbapenemase genes in study of increased detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales bacteria in Latin America and the Caribbean during the COVID-19 pandemic. Countries listed are those that had continuous susceptibility data in the Latin American Network for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance database.

Figure. Increased rates of meropenem nonsusceptibility (intermediate plus resistance categories) in Klebsiella pneumoniae from countries reporting changes in the prevalence of some carbapenemase genes in study of increased detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales bacteria in Latin America and the Caribbean during the COVID-19 pandemic. Countries listed are those that had continuous susceptibility data in the Latin American Network for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance database.

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