Hospital outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae producing New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase - Denver, Colorado, 2012

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 108-

  Pisney, Larissa ^a   Barron, Michelle ^a   Janelle, Sarah Jackson ^b   Bamberg, Wendy ^b   MacCannell, Duncan ^c   Kallen, Alexander ^d   Gould, Carolyn ^d   Limbago, Brandi ^d   Epson, Erin ^e   Wendt, Joyanna ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Air Pollution Control Division   (United States)

^c Antimicrobial Resistance and Characterization Laboratory   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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EID: 84874333416     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
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References (3)

1. Yong D, Toleman MA, Giske CG, et al. Characterization of a new metallobeta-lactamase gene, blaNDM-1, and a novel erythromycin esterase gene carried on a unique genetic structure in Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 14 from India. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2009;53:5046-54.
2. Wilson ME, Chen LH. NDM-1 and the role of travel in its dissemination. Curr Infect Dis Rep 2012;14:213-26.
3. CDC. 2012 CRE toolkit: guidance for control of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2012. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/hai/organisms/cre/cre-toolkit.