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First report of a verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a child in the United States

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (2016) 5(3) e24-e27
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piw025
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We report the first case of a child in the United States infected with an organism producing a Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo-β-Lactamase. This child succumbed to a ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by a Klebsiella pneumoniae producing this resistance mechanism.

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Tamma, P. D., Suwantarat, N., Rudin, S. D., Logan, L. K., Simner, P. J., Rojas, L. J., … Bonomo, R. A. (2016). First report of a verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a child in the United States. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 5(3), e24–e27. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piw025

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