Tag: blaNDM-5

1Institute of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China Correspondence: Qian Chen, Institute of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China, Tel +8618951768213, Email [email protected]…

Kumarasamy, K. K. et al. Emergence of a new antibiotic resistance mechanism in India Pakistan, and the UK: A molecular, biological, and epidemiological study. Lancet Infect. Dis. 10, 597–602 (2010). Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Munoz-Price, L. S. et al. Clinical epidemiology of the global expansion of Klebsiella…

Introduction Escherichia coli is a common Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen that causes invasive host infections through virulence factors such as flagella, toxin secretion, and adhesins. According to the source of the infection, pathogenic E. coli can be classified as intestinal (diarrheagenic) and extraintestinal (ExPEC). Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) is the most…

Wu, W. et al. NDM metallo-β-lactamases and their bacterial producers in health care settings. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 32, e00115–18 (2019). Yong, D. et al. Characterization of a new metallo-β-lactamase gene, bla NDM-1, and a novel erythromycin esterase gene carried on a unique genetic structure in Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 14…

Introduction Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is an opportunistic pathogen and the leading cause of healthcare-associated infections.1 Multidrug-resistant (MDR) K. pneumoniae isolates are rapidly spreading, thus limiting the choice of antimicrobial agents for empiric treatment of infections caused by these microorganisms; hence, this is a public health challenge.2 Polymyxins are last-resort…