Gastrointestinal colonization with multiple New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates in the same patient: a potential challenge in outbreak investigation

J Hosp Infect. 2016 Jan;92(1):108-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.10.011. Epub 2015 Nov 3.

Authors

V C C Cheng¹, J H K Chen², S C Y Wong², P L Ho², K Y Yuen³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Infection Control Team, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
² Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
³ Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 26615458
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.10.011

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Bacteriological Techniques
Carrier State / microbiology*
Enterobacteriaceae / classification
Enterobacteriaceae / enzymology*
Enterobacteriaceae / genetics
Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification*
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
Female
Gastrointestinal Tract / microbiology*
Hospitalization
Humans
beta-Lactamases / analysis*
beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

beta-Lactamases
beta-lactamase NDM-1