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- Title
Multiple colonization with carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria acquired in India and transferred to Switzerland.
- Authors
Mueller, Linda; Ottiger, Cornelia; Demord, Anthony; Poirel, Laurent; Nordmann, Patrice
- Abstract
The article presents a case study related to colonization/infection of a patient hospitalized in India with six unrelated multidrug-resistant Gram-negative isolates who was transferred to Switzerland. Topics include upon admission in Switzerland, he presented an acute kidney failure and was admitted for haemodialysis and he had multiple abscesses (lateral thoraces, abdomen, gluteal and rectal), likely caused by traumatic immobilisation and/or septic thrombosis.
- Subjects
INDIA; SWITZERLAND; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; BETA lactam antibiotics; COMMUNICABLE diseases; INFECTIOUS disease transmission; DRUG resistance; GRAM-negative bacterial diseases; HOST-bacteria relationships; MICROBIAL sensitivity tests; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Infection, 2019, Vol 47, Issue 4, p669
- ISSN
0300-8126
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1007/s15010-019-01307-4