Pseudomonas aeruginosa epidemic high-risk clones and their association with multidrug-resistant.

Objective: In Ecuador, data on molecular epidemiology, as well as circulating clones, are limited. Therefore, this study aims to know the population structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by identifying clones in clinical samples in Quito-Ecuador.

Methods: A significant set (45) clinical P.

Latent melioidosis activation presenting with urinary tract infection and bacteremia.

We report a rare case of latent melioidosis activation in a patient with a distant travel history to an endemic region. Melioidosis is an infection caused by which is highly endemic in Southeast Asia and northern Australia. The patient exhibited common clinical risk factors, presenting with urinary tract infection and bacteremia.

Dominance of ST131, B2, blaCTX-M-15, and papA-papC-kpsMII-uitA among ESBL Escherichia coli isolated from bloodstream infections in Quito, Ecuador: a 10-year surveillance study (2009-2019).

Aims: This study aimed to examine antibiotic resistance and the epidemiology of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli associated with bloodstream infections over a period of 10 years.

Methods And Results: Isolates were collected from January 2009 to December 2019 and those testing for E. coli were included.

isolated from catheter of an Ecuadorian patient with hemodialysis.

We report a case of catheter-related bloodstream infection by , identified using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, in a patient with arterial hypertension for 20 years and chronic kidney disease in hemodialysis since 08/07/2019. To our knowledge, this is the first case of in Ecuador.

Mutations associated with Helicobacter pylori antimicrobial resistance in the Ecuadorian population.

Aims: We described the presence of Helicobacter pylori (HP) and estimated the prevalence of primary and secondary resistance using molecular detection in gastric biopsies of Ecuadorian patients.

Methods And Results: 66.7% (238/357) of the patients demonstrated the presence of HP using CerTest qPCR.

Draft Genome Sequence of a Metronidazole-Resistant Bacteroides fragilis Strain Isolated in Ecuador.

Here, we report the draft genome sequence of strain Z&Z143, a metronidazole-resistant bacterium isolated from a blood culture from an Ecuadorian patient hospitalized in a medical institution in Quito, Ecuador. We describe a new variant of the genes, which is associated with metronidazole resistance.

Ring chromosome 15 - cytogenetics and mapping arrays: a case report and review of the literature.

Background: Ring chromosome 15 has been associated in previous studies with different clinical characteristic such as cardiac problems, digit and musculoskeletal abnormalities, and mental and motor problems among others. Only 97 clinical cases of ring chromosome 15 syndrome have been reported since 1966 and a common phenotype for these patients has not been established.

Case Presentation: The present case report describes a 15-month-old girl from the Amazon region of Ecuador, of Mestizo ancestry, who after cytogenetic tests showed a 46,XX,r(15) karyotype in more than 70% of metaphases observed.

Early detection and control of an Acinetobacter baumannii multi-resistant outbreak in a hospital in Quito, Ecuador.

Introduction: Acinetobacter baumannii (ABA) is an important opportunistic pathogen associated with high mortality rates in intensive care units (ICUs). An outbreak in the ICU of a secondary-level hospital in Quito, Ecuador, occurred during April and May 2015 and was successfully controlled.

Methodology: Enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus polymerase chain reaction (ERIC-PCR) and repetitive element palindromic (REP)-PCR was conducted on all isolates recovered from patients, as well as environmental samples, to confirm the presence of an outbreak.