Emergence of colistin resistance during treatment of recurrent pneumonia caused by carbapenemase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

A 60-year-old woman received meropenem/colistin treatment for bilateral pneumonia caused by a ST15 carbapenemase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. The patient recovered but re-infection with the same (ST15), but now colistin-resistant K. pneumoniae, occurred. The molecular mechanism of the emerged co...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2019-08, Vol.94 (4), p.407-409
Hauptverfasser:	Matheeussen, Veerle, Xavier, Basil Britto, Mermans, Ingrid, De Weerdt, Annick, Lammens, Christine, Goossens, Herman, Jansens, Hilde, Malhotra-Kumar, Surbhi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Carbapenemase producing Enterobactericeae Colistin resistance K. pneumoniae ST15
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