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Case Report: Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in an Asylum Seeker with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis.

Sofanne J Ravensbergen1, Christina Louka2,1, Mariëtte Lokate3, Erik Bathoorn3, Spyros Pournaras4, Tjip S van der Werf5,1, Wiel C M de Lange6,5, Ymkje Stienstra1, Onno W Akkerman6,5.   

Abstract

A Syrian asylum seeker with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) developed a bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy. Although screening tests were negative on admission, carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae were cultured after a few months of TB treatment. Prevalence of multidrug-resistant organisms is reported to be increased in asylum seekers compared with the general Dutch population. Arduous conditions during transit and interrupted health care delivery in our patient led to multiple-resistant microorganisms that complicated treatment.

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Year:  2017        PMID: 29280429      PMCID: PMC5929199          DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0544

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg        ISSN: 0002-9637            Impact factor:   2.345


  17 in total

1.  Multidrug-resistant bacteria in unaccompanied refugee minors arriving in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, October to November 2015.

Authors:  Ursel Heudorf; Bernhard Krackhardt; Maria Karathana; Niels Kleinkauf; Christian Zinn
Journal:  Euro Surveill       Date:  2016

2.  Emerging Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates coproducing KPC-2 and VIM-1 carbapenemases.

Authors:  Panagiota Giakkoupi; Olga Pappa; Michalis Polemis; Alkiviadis C Vatopoulos; Vivi Miriagou; Anastasia Zioga; Costas C Papagiannitsis; Leonidas S Tzouvelekis
Journal:  Antimicrob Agents Chemother       Date:  2009-07-06       Impact factor: 5.191

3.  Spread of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clones in a university hospital.

Authors:  Maria Koutsogiannou; Eleanna Drougka; Apostolos Liakopoulos; Eleni Jelastopulu; Efthimia Petinaki; Evangelos D Anastassiou; Iris Spiliopoulou; Myrto Christofidou
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2012-12-12       Impact factor: 5.948

4.  Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Complicated by Nosocomial Infection with Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae.

Authors:  Matthias I Gröschel; Till F Omansen; Wiel de Lange; Tjip S van der Werf; Mariëtte Lokate; Erik Bathoorn; Onno W Akkerman; Ymkje Stienstra
Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg       Date:  2016-01-11       Impact factor: 2.345

5.  Implementing tuberculosis entry screening for asylum seekers: the Groningen experience.

Authors:  Onno W Akkerman; Wiel C M de Lange; Elisabeth H Schölvinck; Bert Wolters; Yvonne Aartsma; Tjip S van der Werf; Rob van Hest
Journal:  Eur Respir J       Date:  2016-03-23       Impact factor: 16.671

6.  Shorter treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: the good, the bad and the ugly.

Authors:  Richard van Altena; Onno W Akkerman; Jan-Willem C Alffenaar; Huib A M Kerstjens; Cecile Magis-Escurra; Martin J Boeree; Dick van Soolingen; Wiel C M de Lange; Mathieu S Bolhuis; Wouter Hoefsloot; Gerard de Vries; Tjip S van der Werf
Journal:  Eur Respir J       Date:  2016-10-06       Impact factor: 16.671

Review 7.  Extended spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: critical tools for antibiotic resistance pattern.

Authors:  Nagarajan Padmini; Antony Alex Kennedy Ajilda; Natesan Sivakumar; Gopal Selvakumar
Journal:  J Basic Microbiol       Date:  2017-04-11       Impact factor: 2.281

8.  Large dissemination of VIM-2-metallo-{beta}-lactamase-producing pseudomonas aeruginosa strains causing health care-associated community-onset infections.

Authors:  Athanassios Tsakris; Aggeliki Poulou; Ioulia Kristo; Theodore Pittaras; Nicholas Spanakis; Spyros Pournaras; Fani Markou
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2009-09-23       Impact factor: 5.948

9.  Outbreak of OXA-48 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Greece involving an ST11 clone.

Authors:  Evangelia Voulgari; Olympia Zarkotou; Kyriaki Ranellou; Drosos E Karageorgopoulos; Georgia Vrioni; Vasiliki Mamali; Katerina Themeli-Digalaki; Athanassios Tsakris
Journal:  J Antimicrob Chemother       Date:  2012-09-03       Impact factor: 5.790

Review 10.  Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and migration to Europe.

Authors:  S Hargreaves; K Lönnroth; L B Nellums; I D Olaru; R R Nathavitharana; M Norredam; J S Friedland
Journal:  Clin Microbiol Infect       Date:  2016-09-23       Impact factor: 8.067

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