New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli, Canada
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Michael R. Mulvey; Jennifer M. Grant; Katherine Plewes; Diane Roscoe; David A. Boyd
- Source
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 103-106 (2011)
- Subject
- Multidrug resistance
New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Escherichia coli
carbapenemase
bacteria
Medicine
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1080-6040
1080-6059
Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli isolates harboring New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM-1) were isolated from a patient who had returned to Canada from India. The NDM-1 gene was found on closely related incompatibility group A/C type plasmids. The occurrence of NDM-1 in North America is a major public health concern.