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New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase from Traveler Returning to Canada1
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Feb 2011
Source: Emerg Infect Dis. 17(2):242-244.
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Alternative Title:Emerg Infect Dis
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Description:An Escherichia coli isolate with New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase was isolated from a patient with pyelonephritis and prostatitis who returned to Canada after recent hospitalization in India. The patient was successfully treated with ertapenem and fosfomycin. This patient highlights the role of international travel in the spread of antimicrobial drug resistance and blaNDM-1.
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