First Report of a Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo-β-Lactamase-ProducingKlebsiella pneumoniaeInfection in a Child in the United States | Zendy

Pranita D. Tamma | Zendy; Nuntra Suwantarat | Zendy; Susan D. Rudin | Zendy; Latania K. Logan | Zendy; Patricia J. Simner | Zendy; Laura J. Rojas | Zendy; María F. Mojica | Zendy; Karen C. Carroll | Zendy; Robert A. Bonomo | Zendy

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First Report of a Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo-β-Lactamase-ProducingKlebsiella pneumoniaeInfection in a Child in the United States

Author(s) -

Pranita D. Tamma,

Nuntra Suwantarat,

Susan D. Rudin,

Latania K. Logan,

Patricia J. Simner,

Laura J. Rojas,

María F. Mojica,

Karen C. Carroll,

Robert A. Bonomo

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 2048-7207

pISSN - 2048-7193

DOI - 10.1093/jpids/piw025

Subject(s) - integron , klebsiella pneumoniae , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , klebsiella infections , pneumonia , klebsiella , klebsiella pneumonia , virology , antibiotic resistance , bacteria , antibiotics , biology , pseudomonas aeruginosa , gene , escherichia coli , genetics

We report the first case of a child in the United States infected with an organism producing a Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo-β-Lactamase. This child succumbed to a ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by a Klebsiella pneumoniae producing this resistance mechanism.

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