| Literature DB >> 22116157 |
Adrian J Brink1, Jennifer Coetzee, Cornelis G Clay, Sindi Sithole, Guy A Richards, Laurent Poirel, Patrice Nordmann.
Abstract
This report documents emergence of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1) and Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC-2) in K. pneumoniae and Enterobacter cloacae in South Africa. NDM-1 producers have not been described in South Africa, and this is the first instance that KPC producers have been identified in Africa. The two patients infected with these carbapenemase-producing bacteria demised.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22116157 PMCID: PMC3264190 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05956-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948