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Clin Microbiol Infect
; 26(9): 1269-1270, 2020 Sep.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32360779
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Euro Surveill
; 19(42)2014 Oct 23.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25358041
RESUMO
Consecutive non-replicate clinical isolates (n=191) of carbapenem non-susceptible Enterobacteriaceae were collected from 21 hospital laboratories across Italy from November 2013 to April 2014 as part of the European Survey on Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (EuSCAPE) project. Klebsiella pneumonia carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae (KPC-KP) represented 178 (93%) isolates with 76 (43%) respectively resistant to colistin, a key drug for treating carbapenamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. KPC-KP colistin-resistant isolates were detected in all participating laboratories. This underscores a concerning evolution of colistin resistance in a setting of high KPC-KP endemicity.