TY  - JOUR
AU  - Novović, Katarina
AU  - Filipić, B.
AU  - Veljović, Katarina
AU  - Begović, J.
AU  - Mirković, Nemanja
AU  - Jovcić, B.
PY  - 2015
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3798
AB  - New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) will soon become the most commonly isolated and distributed metallo-beta-lactamase worldwide due to its rapid international dissemination and its ability to be expressed by numerous Gram-negative pathogens. NDM-positive bacteria pose a significant public health threat in the Indian subcontinent and the Balkans, which have been designated as endemic regions. Our study was focused on urban rivers, a lake and springheads as a potential source of NDM-1-producing strains in Serbia, but also as a source of other metallo-beta-lactamases and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing bacteria. A total of 69 beta-lactam resistant isolates, belonging to 12 bacterial genera, were collected from 8 out of 10 different locations in Belgrade, of which the most were from a popular recreational site, Ada Ciganlija Lake. Phenotypic tests revealed 7 (10.14%) ESBL-producing isolates and 39 (56.52%) isolates resistant to imipenem, of which 32 were positive for metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) production. PCR and sequencing revealed the presence of genetic determinants for SHV (3 isolates), DHA-1 (1 isolate) and CMY-2 (1 isolate) beta-lactamases. However, we did not detect any NDM-1-producing strains (previously described cases of NDM-1 from Serbia were limited to Belgrade), so we propose that Serbian NDM-1 is in fact a transplant and a nosocomial, rather than an environmental, issue and that Serbia is not an endemic region for NDM-1.
PB  - Elsevier, Amsterdam
T2  - Science of the Total Environment
T1  - Environmental waters and bla(NDm-1) in Belgrade, Serbia: Endemicity questioned
EP  - 398
SP  - 393
VL  - 511
DO  - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.072
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Novović, Katarina and Filipić, B. and Veljović, Katarina and Begović, J. and Mirković, Nemanja and Jovcić, B.",
year = "2015",
abstract = "New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) will soon become the most commonly isolated and distributed metallo-beta-lactamase worldwide due to its rapid international dissemination and its ability to be expressed by numerous Gram-negative pathogens. NDM-positive bacteria pose a significant public health threat in the Indian subcontinent and the Balkans, which have been designated as endemic regions. Our study was focused on urban rivers, a lake and springheads as a potential source of NDM-1-producing strains in Serbia, but also as a source of other metallo-beta-lactamases and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing bacteria. A total of 69 beta-lactam resistant isolates, belonging to 12 bacterial genera, were collected from 8 out of 10 different locations in Belgrade, of which the most were from a popular recreational site, Ada Ciganlija Lake. Phenotypic tests revealed 7 (10.14%) ESBL-producing isolates and 39 (56.52%) isolates resistant to imipenem, of which 32 were positive for metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) production. PCR and sequencing revealed the presence of genetic determinants for SHV (3 isolates), DHA-1 (1 isolate) and CMY-2 (1 isolate) beta-lactamases. However, we did not detect any NDM-1-producing strains (previously described cases of NDM-1 from Serbia were limited to Belgrade), so we propose that Serbian NDM-1 is in fact a transplant and a nosocomial, rather than an environmental, issue and that Serbia is not an endemic region for NDM-1.",
publisher = "Elsevier, Amsterdam",
journal = "Science of the Total Environment",
title = "Environmental waters and bla(NDm-1) in Belgrade, Serbia: Endemicity questioned",
pages = "398-393",
volume = "511",
doi = "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.072"
}

Novović, K., Filipić, B., Veljović, K., Begović, J., Mirković, N.,& Jovcić, B.. (2015). Environmental waters and bla(NDm-1) in Belgrade, Serbia: Endemicity questioned. in Science of the Total Environment
Elsevier, Amsterdam., 511, 393-398.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.072

Novović K, Filipić B, Veljović K, Begović J, Mirković N, Jovcić B. Environmental waters and bla(NDm-1) in Belgrade, Serbia: Endemicity questioned. in Science of the Total Environment. 2015;511:393-398.
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.072 .

Novović, Katarina, Filipić, B., Veljović, Katarina, Begović, J., Mirković, Nemanja, Jovcić, B., "Environmental waters and bla(NDm-1) in Belgrade, Serbia: Endemicity questioned" in Science of the Total Environment, 511 (2015):393-398,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.072 . .