Emergence of genetically unrelated NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter pittii strains in Paraguay

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2575-2578

  Pasteran, Fernando ^a   Mora, Mario Martinez ^b   Albornoz, Ezequiel ^a   Faccone, Diego ^a   Franco, Rossana ^b   Ortellado, Juana ^c   Melgarejo, Nancy ^b   Gomez, Sonia ^a   Riquelme, Irma ^c   Matheu, Jorge ^d   Ramon pardo, Pilar ^d   Corso, Alejandra ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^b LABORATORIO CENTRAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Paraguay)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS   (Paraguay)

^d PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbapenemases; Paediatric; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA-LACTAMASE NDM-1;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER PITTII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; HUMAN; LETTER; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; NONHUMAN; ONCOLOGY WARD; PARAGUAY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PARAGUAY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84905984029     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku139     Document Type: Letter

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