Escherichia coli: development of carbapenem resistance during therapy.

Tao Hong, Ellen Smith Moland, Baha Abdalhamid, Nancy D. Hanson, Jie Wang, Cindy Sloan, Diane Fabian, Awny Farajallah, Jerome Levine, Kenneth S. Thomson

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Abstract

A 76-year-old woman had recurrent urosepsis due to extended-spectrum beta -lactamase-positive Escherichia coli. Imipenem resistance was detected after long-term imipenem-meropenem therapy. The carbapenem-hydrolyzing enzyme gene was identified as blaKPC-3. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case in which carbapenem-resistant E. coli emerged during therapy with imipenem and meropenem, and the first identification of the carbapenem-hydrolyzing enzyme in E. coli isolates.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)e84-86
JournalClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Volume40
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - May 15 2005
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Infectious Diseases

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