Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) represent an urgent threat to human health. Here we report the application of several complementary whole-genome sequencing (WGS) technologies to characterise a hospital outbreak of blaIMP-4 carbapenemase-producing E. hormaechei. Using Illumina sequencing, we determined that all outbreak
Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials, 18(1), 36-36 (2019-11-16)
Carbapenems are β-lactam antibiotics which are used to treat severe infections caused by multidrug resistant Enterobacteriacea. The recent emergence and rapid spread of Enterobacteriaceae resistant to carbapenems is a global concern. We undertook a systematic review of the antibiotic susceptibility
Infection and drug resistance, 13, 4697-4711 (2021-01-07)
Infections due to multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (MDR-GNB), especially when carbapenem resistant, have been very difficult to manage in the last fifteen years, owing to the paucity of dependable therapeutic options. Cefiderocol is a siderophore cephalosporin recently approved by the Food
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 38(11), 2029-2036 (2019-08-07)
Carbapenemase-producing microorganisms are increasingly isolated and often associated with treatment failures and outbreaks. The need for reliable and timely detection and/or confirmation of carbapenemase production is paramount; therefore, a real-time PCR assay targeting IMP, NDM, VIM, KPC and OXA-48-like carbapenemases
The Journal of hospital infection, 103(2), 160-164 (2019-05-12)
A prevalence study in two nursing homes (one each in the Netherlands and Ireland) found four (11%) Dutch and six (9%) Irish residents colonized with 11 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli, 10 of which contained CTX-M-15. Four Dutch isolates, from three
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