Title
Klebsiella pneumoniae New Delhi metalo-lactamase in a Peruvian national hospital
Other title
[Klebsiella pneumoniae Nueva Delhi metalo-betalactamasa en el hospital nacional dos de mayo. Lima, Perú]
Date Issued
01 April 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Resurrección-Delgado C.
Vargas-Gonzales R.
Cucho-Espinoza C.
Mamani-Condori D.H.
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
The emergence of Enterobacteria producing carbapenemases of type New Delhi Metalo beta-lactamases (NDM), represent, today, a real problem of world public health. The presence of this resistance mechanism limits or nullifies the therapeutic options to combat these bacteria. In Latin America, the figures are getting higher, as they are reported in Guatemala, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, among others. Peru has not, to date, described the presence of this resistance pattern; however for several years it has been presumed to exist. Nine cases of Klebsiella pneumoniae NDM are described, as infectious or colonizing agents, in critically ill patients, mostly with neurosurgical pathology, of Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo in Lima – Peru. The patients in the series described below represent the first reports of Klebsiella pneumoniae NDM in Peru.
Start page
261
End page
267
Volume
34
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Biología celular, Microbiología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85028954905
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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