Carbapenem resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae due to the New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase.

Sidjabat, Hanna; Nimmo, Graeme R; Walsh, Timothy R; Binotto, Enzo; Htin, Anthony; Hayashi, Yoshiro; Li, Jian; Nation, Roger L et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2011

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Carbapenem resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae is most notably due to the K. pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) β-lactamase. In this report, we describe the occurrence of a newly described mechanism of carbapenem resistance, the NDM-1 β-lactamase, in a patient who received medical attention (but was not hospitalized) in India.

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