| Literature DB >> 19345034 |
Scott A Weisenberg1, Daniel J Morgan, Rosanny Espinal-Witter, Davise H Larone.
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Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing K. pneumoniae may appear susceptible to imipenem or meropenem by routine susceptibility testing. We report a series of patients with infections caused by K. pneumoniae isolates, which yielded imipenem-susceptible results but were subsequently KPC-positive by polymerase chain reaction. When these infections were treated with imipenem or meropenem, frequent clinical and microbiologic failures were observed.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19345034 PMCID: PMC2764245 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.02.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN: 0732-8893 Impact factor: 2.803