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 language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | e84-86 |
Journal | Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 15 2005 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases