Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2021)

Gram-Negative Bacteria Harboring Multiple Carbapenemase Genes, United States, 2012–2019

  • D. Cal Ham,
  • Garrett Mahon,
  • Sandeep K. Bhaurla,
  • Sam Horwich-Scholefield,
  • Liore Klein,
  • Nychie Dotson,
  • J. Kamile Rasheed,
  • Gillian McAllister,
  • Richard A. Stanton,
  • Maria Karlsson,
  • David Lonsway,
  • Jennifer Y. Huang,
  • Allison C. Brown,
  • Maroya Spalding Walters

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2709.210456
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 9
pp. 2475 – 2479

Abstract

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Reports of organisms harboring multiple carbapenemase genes have increased since 2010. During October 2012–April 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention documented 151 of these isolates from 100 patients in the United States. Possible risk factors included recent history of international travel, international inpatient healthcare, and solid organ or bone marrow transplantation.

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