Notes from the Field: New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Associated with Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography – Illinois, 2013.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Jan 3;62(51):1051.
Infections with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)* are increasing among patients in medical facilities. CRE that produce Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) have been responsible for much of the increase in the United States.
However, New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM)-producing CRE have the potential to add to this burden. Since first reported in 2009, through 2012, 27 patients with NDM-producing CRE have been confirmed by CDC from isolates submitted by state laboratories. Since January 2013, a total of 69 patients with NDM-producing CRE have been identified in the United States; 44 patients were from northeastern Illinois.Leggi l’articolo
