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    EMERGENCE OF OXA-48-LIKE CARBAPENEMASES IN CLINICAL ENTEROBACTERALES FROM GUATEMALA
    (2024) Carmen J. Mazariegos; Anna Quinto; Andres Herrera; Sara E. Barillas; Laura R. Valenzuela; Gabriela Ordóñez; Paola Sierra; Carolina Arévalo; Christine Seah; Roberto G. Melano
    ABSTRACT Five isolates (four Klebsiella pneumoniae and one Escherichia coli ) displaying resistance to piperacillin/tazobactam and ertapenem and reduced susceptibility to imipenem were found positive for bla OXA-48 -like genes ( bla OXA-181 and bla OXA-232 ) carried on plasmids described previously. Although two K. pneumoniae recovered in 2020 were clonally related, the results suggest that bla OXA-48 -like genes have been circulating in Guatemala since 2019. This is the first report of this type of carbapenemase in Central America.