Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2014)

Osteomyelitis Due to Multiple Carbapenemase-Producing Gram-Negative Bacteria: The First Case Report of a GES-13-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolate in Canada

  • Shadi Sepehri,
  • Guillaume Poliquin,
  • Nora Alfattoh,
  • David Boyd,
  • Michael Mulvey,
  • Andrew Denisuik,
  • Sergio Fanella,
  • James Karlowsky,
  • Andrew Walkty

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/657047
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 4
pp. 229 – 231

Abstract

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A case of osteomyelitis in an infant following a burn injury sustained in Pakistan caused by a GES-13-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa (the first reported in Canada) and an OXA-48 producing Klebsiella pneumoniae is described. The present case serves to highlight the importance of international travel as a risk factor for infection with carbapenemase-producing bacteria and the challenges in the laboratory detection of these organisms.