Hamed Ebrahimzadeh Leylabadlo1, Hossein Samadi Kafil2, Mehdi Yousefi3, Mohammad Aghazadeh1, Mohammad Asgharzadeh4
1Infectious Disease and Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
2Drug Applied Research Center, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
3Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
4Biotechnology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.184707
ABSTRACT
Organ transplant recipients under immunosuppressive therapy have a highly increased risk of acquiring unusual opportunistic infections. Diagnosis of the etiology of infection may be difficult in clinical manifestations, which need further histological and biological investigations. Here in we report, for the 1st time in the Iran, a Morganella morganii isolate harboring blaVIM, blaCTX-M, and blaSHV genes after kidney transplantation with persistent urinary infections.
Keywords: Carbapenems, kidney transplant, Morganella morganii, opportunistic infection.