First report of a verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a child in the United States

Pranita D. Tamma; Nuntra Suwantarat; Susan D. Rudin; Latania K. Logan; Patricia J. Simner; Laura J. Rojas; Maria F. Mojica; Karen C. Carroll; Robert A. Bonomo

doi:10.1093/jpids/piw025

First report of a verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a child in the United States

Pranita D. Tamma, Nuntra Suwantarat, Susan D. Rudin, Latania K. Logan, Patricia J. Simner, Laura J. Rojas, Maria F. Mojica, Karen C. Carroll, Robert A. Bonomo

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Abstract

We report the first case of a child in the United States infected with an organism producing a Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo-β-Lactamase. This child succumbed to a ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by a Klebsiella pneumoniae producing this resistance mechanism.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	piw025
Pages (from-to)	e24-e27
Journal	Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Volume	5
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piw025
State	Published - Sep 1 2016

Keywords

CRE
Carbapenemase
Metallo-β-lactamase
Pediatrics
VIM

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Infectious Diseases

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Tamma, P. D., Suwantarat, N., Rudin, S. D., Logan, L. K., Simner, P. J., Rojas, L. J., Mojica, M. F., Carroll, K. C., & Bonomo, R. A. (2016). First report of a verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a child in the United States. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 5(3), e24-e27. Article piw025. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piw025

First report of a verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a child in the United States. / Tamma, Pranita D.; Suwantarat, Nuntra; Rudin, Susan D. et al.
In: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Vol. 5, No. 3, piw025, 01.09.2016, p. e24-e27.

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Tamma, PD, Suwantarat, N, Rudin, SD, Logan, LK, Simner, PJ, Rojas, LJ, Mojica, MF, Carroll, KC & Bonomo, RA 2016, 'First report of a verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a child in the United States', Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, vol. 5, no. 3, piw025, pp. e24-e27. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piw025

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