First description of OXA-48 carbapenemase harbored by Escherichia coli and Enterobacter cloacae from a single patient in Portugal

Affiliations

¹ National Reference Laboratory of Antibiotic Resistances and Health-Associated Infections, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal Center for the Study of Animal Science, CECA/ICETA, University of Oporto, Oporto, Portugal.
² National Reference Laboratory of Antibiotic Resistances and Health-Associated Infections, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal.
³ Laboratory of Microbiology, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, EPE, Lisbon, Portugal.
⁴ National Reference Laboratory of Antibiotic Resistances and Health-Associated Infections, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal manuela.canica@insa.min-saude.pt.

Case Reports

Vera Manageiro et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 Dec.

. 2014 Dec;58(12):7613-4.

doi: 10.1128/AAC.02961-14. Epub 2014 Sep 22.

¹ National Reference Laboratory of Antibiotic Resistances and Health-Associated Infections, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal Center for the Study of Animal Science, CECA/ICETA, University of Oporto, Oporto, Portugal.
² National Reference Laboratory of Antibiotic Resistances and Health-Associated Infections, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal.
³ Laboratory of Microbiology, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, EPE, Lisbon, Portugal.
⁴ National Reference Laboratory of Antibiotic Resistances and Health-Associated Infections, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal manuela.canica@insa.min-saude.pt.

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