ST471 Producing VIM-4 Metallo-β-Lactamase in Colombia.

An isolate sequence-type 471 (ST471) producing Verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamases (VIM)-4 was recovered from a rectal swab in a patient without travel records with osteomyelitis in Colombia. The isolate carried a class 1 integron-borne gene with a 170-bp duplication in the 3' end of the gene, preceded by an ')-Ib gene. The genetic environment of , , and genes showed similarities to the backbone of pKKp4, an IncA/C-type plasmid from a strain carrying recovered in Kuwait. This is the first report of in in South America. Our results suggest that gene was found on an IncA/C-type plasmid that could play a role in the spread of VIM-4 carbapenemase in Colombia.