Link to Pubmed [PMID] – 28159445
Link to DOI – S0732-8893(17)30012-310.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.01.008
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2017 Apr; 87(4): 357-358
The intrinsic polymyxin resistance displayed by Serratia marcescens makes the acquisition of carbapenemase encoding genes a worrisome event. This study report a SME-4-producing S. marcescens isolate causing septic shock in Brazil. The insertion of novel resistance determinants and their consequent spread in our territory is noteworthy.