First report of a verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a child in the United States

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2016, Pages e24-e27

  Tamma, Pranita D ^a   Suwantarat, Nuntra ^a,b   Rudin, Susan D ^c   Logan, Latania K ^d,e   Simner, Patricia J ^a   Rojas, Laura J ^c,e   Mojica, Maria F ^c,e   Carroll, Karen C ^a   Bonomo, Robert A ^c,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbapenemase; CRE; Metallo lactamase; Pediatrics; VIM

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; FATALITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTEGRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84995608079     PISSN: 20487193     EISSN: 20487207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piw025     Document Type: Article

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