TY - JOUR
T1 - Klebsiella pneumoniae New Delhi metalo-lactamase in a Peruvian national hospital
AU - Resurrección-Delgado, Cristhian
AU - Montenegro-Idrogo, Juan José
AU - Chiappe-Gonzalez, Alfredo
AU - Vargas-Gonzales, Renzo
AU - Cucho-Espinoza, Carolina
AU - Mamani-Condori, Dick Henry
AU - Huaroto-Valdivia, Luz María
PY - 2017/4/1
Y1 - 2017/4/1
N2 - © 2017, Instituto Nacional de Salud. All rights reserved. The emergence of Enterobacteria producing carbapenemases of type New Delhi Metalo beta-lactamases (NDM), represent, today, a real problem of world public health. The presence of this resistance mechanism limits or nullifies the therapeutic options to combat these bacteria. In Latin America, the figures are getting higher, as they are reported in Guatemala, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, among others. Peru has not, to date, described the presence of this resistance pattern; however for several years it has been presumed to exist. Nine cases of Klebsiella pneumoniae NDM are described, as infectious or colonizing agents, in critically ill patients, mostly with neurosurgical pathology, of Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo in Lima – Peru. The patients in the series described below represent the first reports of Klebsiella pneumoniae NDM in Peru.
AB - © 2017, Instituto Nacional de Salud. All rights reserved. The emergence of Enterobacteria producing carbapenemases of type New Delhi Metalo beta-lactamases (NDM), represent, today, a real problem of world public health. The presence of this resistance mechanism limits or nullifies the therapeutic options to combat these bacteria. In Latin America, the figures are getting higher, as they are reported in Guatemala, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, among others. Peru has not, to date, described the presence of this resistance pattern; however for several years it has been presumed to exist. Nine cases of Klebsiella pneumoniae NDM are described, as infectious or colonizing agents, in critically ill patients, mostly with neurosurgical pathology, of Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo in Lima – Peru. The patients in the series described below represent the first reports of Klebsiella pneumoniae NDM in Peru.
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U2 - 10.17843/rpmesp.2017.342.2615
DO - 10.17843/rpmesp.2017.342.2615
M3 - Article
SN - 1726-4634
SP - 261
EP - 267
JO - Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
JF - Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
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