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Persistent carriage and infection by multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli ST405 producing NDM-1 carbapenemase: report on the first Italian cases.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2011
D'Andrea Marco Maria, Venturelli Claudia, Giani Tommaso, Arena Fabio, Conte Viola, Bresciani Paola, Rumpianesi Fabio, Pantosti Annalisa, Narni Franco, Rossolini Gian Maria
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We report on the first detection of the NDM-1 carbapenemase in Italy, in Escherichia coli isolated in October 2009. Prolonged colonization and relapsing infection by NDM-1-positive E. coli were observed in a patient (index case) with an indirect epidemiological link with areas of endemicity. Transient colonization was apparently observed in another patient linked with the index case.
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