| Literature DB >> 20926706 |
David Landman1, Carl Urban, Martin Bäcker, Paul Kelly, Neha Shah, Elizabeth Babu, Simona Bratu, John Quale.
Abstract
The detection of Enterobacteriaceae carrying the carbapenemase KPC has been problematic. Thirty isolates of KPC-possessing Escherichia coli were gathered from hospitals in New York City and Connecticut. The imipenem, meropenem, doripenem, and ertapenem MIC50 values were 4, 2, 1, and 4 μg/ml, respectively. Over half of the isolates belonged to a single ribotype. Using an ertapenem breakpoint of 0.25 μg/ml would efficiently detect these isolates.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20926706 PMCID: PMC3008498 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01143-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948