A case of septicemia due to Chyresobacterium indologenes producing bla NDM-1

Atul Khajuria; Ashok Kumar Praharaj; Mahadevan Kumar; Naveen Grover

doi:10.4103/2231-0770.133338

Avicenna Journal of Medicine (Jul 2014)

A case of septicemia due to Chyresobacterium indologenes producing bla NDM-1

Atul Khajuria,
Ashok Kumar Praharaj,
Mahadevan Kumar,
Naveen Grover

Affiliations

Atul Khajuria: Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Ashok Kumar Praharaj: Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Mahadevan Kumar: Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Naveen Grover: Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4103/2231-0770.133338
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 04, no. 03
pp. 71 – 73

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A multidrug resistant Chyresobacterium indologenes was isolated from blood in a case of septicemia. The organism was resistant to carbapenems and was positive for bla NDM-1 ; transferable through plasmid.

Published in Avicenna Journal of Medicine

ISSN: 2231-0770 (Print); 2249-4464 (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
Country of publisher: India
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-00051312

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