Carbapenemases increasingly have been reported in Enterobacteriaceae in the past 10
years. Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases have been reported in the United States …

The emergence of one of the most recently described carbapenemases, namely, the New
Delhi metallo‐lactamase (NDM‐1), constitutes a critical and growingly important medical …

Carbapenem-hydrolysing β-lactamases are the most powerful β-lactamases, being able to
hydrolyse almost all β-lactams. They are mostly of the KPC, VIM, IMP, NDM and OXA-48 …

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) were almost nonexistent up to the
1990s, but are today encountered routinely in hospitals and other healthcare facilities in …

Introduced in the 1980s, carbapenem antibiotics have served as the last line of defense
against multidrug‐resistant Gram‐negative organisms. Over the last decade, carbapenem …

Carbapenemase-producing bacteria have now spread all over the world. Infections caused
by those bacteria are difficult to treat. Therefore, there is an urgent need for accurate and fast …

Escherichia coli strains belonging to diverse pathotypes have increasingly been recognized
as a major public health concern. The β-lactam antibiotics have been used successfully to …

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are emerging extremely drug-resistant
pathogens; bla KPC is the predominant carbapenemase in Israel. Early detection of …

In the last 25 years, chromogenic culture media have found widespread application in
diagnostic clinical microbiology. In the last decade, the range of media available to clinical …

The global spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) has been fostered by
the lack of preemptive screening of patients in healthcare facilities that could prevent patient …