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Review
. 2018 Jun 4:25:16-23.
doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2018.05.009. eCollection 2018 Sep.

First literature review of carbapenem-resistant Providencia

M Abdallah  1 , A Balshi  2
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Review

First literature review of carbapenem-resistant Providencia

M Abdallah et al. New Microbes New Infect. .

Abstract

Providencia species are Gram-negative bacteria that belong to the Enterobacteriaceae family. They have intrinsic resistance to colistin and tigecycline, which makes treatment of the multidrug-resistant strains of Providencia challenging. Carbapenem-resistant Providencia species are increasingly reported. In this review, patients' characteristics, resistance mechanisms, treatment and infection control measures of carbapenem-resistant Providencia species in the literature are described.

Keywords: Carbapenem; Providencia; carbapenem-resistant; rettgeri; stuartii.

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