Rectal colonization with New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1-producing Escherichia coli prior to transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2013 Dec;68(12):2957-9. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkt266. Epub 2013 Jul 3.
No abstract available

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; carbapenemases; fluoroquinolones.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology*
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Prostate / diagnostic imaging
  • Rectum / microbiology*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Ultrasonography
  • Ultrasound, High-Intensity Focused, Transrectal
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • beta-Lactamases
  • beta-lactamase NDM-1