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SG-APSIC1083: Prevalence and classification of carbapenemase-producing gram-negative bacilli at a medical center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
Objectives: The identification and classification of carbapenemases are meaningful in clinical treatment, epidemiology, and multidrug-resistant bacteria control.
Tuan Huynh, Loan Luong
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Phenotypic characterization of carbapenem non-susceptible gram-negative bacilli isolated from clinical specimens.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundMultidrug resistant, extremely drug-resistant, pan-drug resistant, carbapenem-resistant, and carbapenemase-producing gram-negative bacteria are becoming more common in health care settings and are posing a growing threat to public health ...
Abera Abdeta, Adane Bitew, Surafel Fentaw, Estifanos Tsige, Dawit Assefa, Tadesse Lejisa, Yordanos Kefyalew, Eyasu Tigabu, Martin Evans   +8 more
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Frequency of Carbapenemase Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Makkah, Saudi Arabia [PDF]

Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2017
Objective: Carbapenemase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae is emerging as an important pathogen worldwide which has alarming clinical threat with serious effects on patients’ outcome.
Mubashir Ahmad Khan, Aftab Faiz
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Detection of OXA-48-like and NDM carbapenemases producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Jordan: A pilot study

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2017
Summary: Little is known of carbapenemase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (CPK) in Jordan. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of CPK in a major hospital in Amman, Jordan in 2012–2013 and to characterize the isolates and detect the types of ...
Amin A. Aqel, Panagiota Giakkoupi, Hamed Alzoubi, Ibrahim Masalha, Matthew J. Ellington, Alkiviadis Vatopoulos   +5 more
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Evaluation on clinical application of mCIM and eCIM in detection of cabapenemase from Enterobacteriaceae Bateremia

Di-san junyi daxue xuebao, 2020
Objective To evaluate the performance of modified carbapenem inactivation method (mCIM) and EDTA carbapenem inactivation method (eCIM) in detection of carbapenemase in Enterobacteriaceae Bateremia.
WANG Yonghong, WANG Yonghong, LIU Hang, ZOU Jiaqi, MA Hualan2, XIA Yun   +5 more
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Frequency of Carbapenemase Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2016
Objective: Carbapenemase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae is emerging as an important pathogen worldwide which has alarming clinical threat with serious effects on patients ' outcome.
Mubashir Ahmad Khan, Aftab Faiz
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Emergence of Enterobacter cloacae Complex Co-Producing IMP-10 and CTX-M, and Klebsiella pneumoniae Producing VIM-1 in Clinical Isolates in Japan

Microorganisms, 2020
Background: Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) are an emerging threat in healthcare settings worldwide. Objectives: We evaluated the presence of carbapenemase genes in CPE in a tertiary care university hospital in Tokyo, Japan.
Satoshi Nishida, Naohisa Matsunaga, Yuta Kamimura, Shinobu Ishigaki, Taiji Furukawa, Yasuo Ono   +5 more
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Higher Rate of Extreme Drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Infections among Cardiac Patients

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2022
Background: The accelerating rate of carbapenems resistance in Klebseilla pneumoniae isolates has put the treatment option worrisome. The effective strategy to ameliorate this alarming situation is possible through enhancing the combination therapy and ...
Subash Paudel, Pradeep Kumar Shah, Prashanna Adhikari, Sanjay Singh K. C., Upendra Thapa Shrestha   +4 more
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Acquired bla_VIM and bla_GES Carbapenemase-Encoding Genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A Seven-Year Survey Highlighting an Increasing Epidemiological Threat

Pathogens, 2023
(1) Background: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative bacterium with several intrinsic and acquired antimicrobial resistance mechanisms. The spread of carbapenemase-encoding genes, an acquired mechanism, enables carbapenem resistance in clinical ...
María Guadalupe Martínez-Zavaleta, Diana Fernández-Rodríguez, Melissa Hernández-Durán, Claudia A. Colín-Castro, María de Lourdes García-Hernández, Noé Becerra-Lobato, Rafael Franco-Cendejas, Luis Esaú López-Jácome   +7 more
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Spatiotemporal and genomic analysis of carbapenem resistance elements in Enterobacterales from hospital inpatients and natural water ecosystems of an Irish city

Microbiology Spectrum
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) is a diverse group of often multidrug-resistant organisms. Surveillance and control of infections are complicated due to the inter-species spread of carbapenemase-encoding genes (CEGs) on mobile genetic ...
Mark Maguire, Carlos Serna, Natalia Montero Serra, Aneta Kovarova, Louise O’Connor, Niamh Cahill, Brigid Hooban, Niall DeLappe, Wendy Brennan, Genevieve Devane, Martin Cormican, Dearbháile Morris, Simone C. Coughlan, Georgios Miliotis, Bruno Gonzalez-Zorn, Liam P. Burke   +15 more
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