Escherichia coli:: Development of carbapenem resistance during therapy

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Hong, T
Moland, ES
Abdalhamid, B
Hanson, ND
Wang, J
Sloan, C
Fabian, D
Faraiallah, A
Levine, J
Thomson, KS
机构
[1] Hackensack Univ, Med Ctr, Clin Microbiol Lab, Hackensack, NJ 07601 USA
[2] Creighton Univ, Omaha, NE 68178 USA
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10.1086/429822
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
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A 76-year-old woman had recurrent urosepsis due to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-positive Escherichia coli. Imipenem resistance was detected after long-term imipenem-meropenem therapy. The carbapenem-hydrolyzing enzyme gene was identified as bla(KPC-3). To our knowledge, this is the first documented case in which carbapenem-resistant E coli emerged during therapy with imipenem and meropenem, and the first identification of the carbapenem-hydrolyzing enzyme in E. coli isolates.
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