| Literature DB >> 27503655 |
Pranita D Tamma1, Yanjie Huang2, Belita N A Opene3, Patricia J Simner3.
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Carbapenemase-producing (CP) Enterobacteriaceae are largely responsible for the rapid spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). Distinguishing CP-CRE from non-CP-CRE has important infection control implications. In a cohort of 198 CRE isolates, for isolates that remained susceptible or intermediate to some carbapenem antibiotics, an ertapenem MIC of 0.5 μg/ml and meropenem, imipenem, and doripenem MICs of 2 μg/ml were best able to distinguish CP-CRE from non-CP-CRE isolates.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27503655 PMCID: PMC5038245 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00838-16
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191