Emergence of NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Guatemala

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1795-1797

  Pasteran, Fernando ^a   Albornoz, Ezequiel ^a   Faccone, Diego ^a   Gomez, Sonia ^a   Valenzuela, Claudia ^b   Morales, Melissa ^b   Estrada, Pavela ^c   Valenzuela, Laura ^d   Matheu, Jorge ^e   Guerriero, Leonor ^a   Arbizú, Enrique ^b   Calderón, Yeraldine ^b   Ramon pardo, Pilar ^e   Corso, Alejandra ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^b UCREVE/Laboratorio Nacional de Salud   (Guatemala)

^c Hospital Infantil de Infectologia Y Rehabilitacion   (Guatemala)

^d Hospital General San Juan de Dios   (Guatemala)

^e PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbapenemases; Multidrug resistance; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; MINOCYCLINE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 1; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GUATEMALA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 84862672289     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks101     Document Type: Letter

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