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Pranita D Tamma1, Nuntra Suwantarat2, Susan D Rudin3, Latania K Logan4, Patricia J Simner5, Laura J Rojas6, Maria F Mojica7, Karen C Carroll5, Robert A Bonomo8.
Abstract
We report the first case of a child in the United States infected with an organism producing a Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo-β-Lactamase. This child succumbed to a ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by a Klebsiella pneumoniae producing this resistance mechanism.Entities:
Keywords: CRE; VIM; carbapenemase; metallo-β-lactamase; pediatrics
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27147714 PMCID: PMC5125454 DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piw025
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc ISSN: 2048-7193 Impact factor: 3.164