Giuseppe
Emeritus
Emergence of New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase, Austria (Emerg Infect Dis., 1st paragraph, edited)
[Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, full PDF document (LINK). 1st paragraph, edited.]
DOI: 10.3201/eid1701.101331
Suggested citation for this article: Zarfel G, Hoenigl M, Leitner E, Salzer HJF, Feierl G, Masoud L, et al. Emergence of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase, Austria [letter]. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Jan; [Epub ahead of print]
Emergence of New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase, Austria
To the Editor:
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase?producing Enterobacteriaceae strains have emerged as a major public health problem throughout the world, particularly in India and Pakistan. The widespread use of carbapenems, the only agents reliably active against these bacteria, resulted in the emergence of a new resistance mechanism. New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM-1) was first detected in a Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate in 2008 from a Swedish patient of Indian origin; it has since been reported in increasing numbers of infections in patients from India, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom (1?3).
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[Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, full PDF document (LINK). 1st paragraph, edited.]
DOI: 10.3201/eid1701.101331
Suggested citation for this article: Zarfel G, Hoenigl M, Leitner E, Salzer HJF, Feierl G, Masoud L, et al. Emergence of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase, Austria [letter]. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Jan; [Epub ahead of print]
Emergence of New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase, Austria
To the Editor:
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase?producing Enterobacteriaceae strains have emerged as a major public health problem throughout the world, particularly in India and Pakistan. The widespread use of carbapenems, the only agents reliably active against these bacteria, resulted in the emergence of a new resistance mechanism. New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM-1) was first detected in a Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate in 2008 from a Swedish patient of Indian origin; it has since been reported in increasing numbers of infections in patients from India, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom (1?3).
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