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Successful Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients Caused by Multiresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Producing New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase (NDM-1) With Strains Genotyping.
Transplantation proceedings - 1 Jun 2016
Wilkowski P, Ciszek M, Dobrzaniecka K, Sańko-Resmer J, Łabuś A, Grygiel K, Grochowiecki T, Młynarczyk G, Pączek L
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BACKGROUND: Klebsiella pneumoniae New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) strains have recently become a new threat in kidney transplant recipients due to the strains' resistance to almost all antibiotics, including carbapenems. METHODS: We present a case series of 3 patients with urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by multiresistant K pneumoniae NDM-1 strains who were treated with the same protocol....
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