Published 2020 | Version v1
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Clinical features and outcomes of bloodstream infections caused by New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-producing enterobacterales during a regional outbreak

Description

Limited data about New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) bacteremia are available. Blood isolates from 40 patients with NDM bacteremia were studied for antibiotic susceptibility and whole-genomic sequencing. NDM bacteremia has high 30-day mortality. In most cases, aztreonam-avibactam is active in vitro. Ceftazidime-avibactam plus aztreonam may represent a feasible therapeutic option.

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http://hdl.handle.net/11567/1015644
URN
urn:oai:iris.unige.it:11567/1015644

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UNIGE