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Cohesive Journal of Microbiology & Infectious Disease

New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase in Fresh Lung Transplant

  • Open or CloseMira Koro1 and Peter Schubert2*

    1UF Health Shands Hospital, USA

    2Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada

    *Corresponding author: Peter Schubert, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada

Submission: April 23, 2021; Published: May 5, 2021

DOI: 10.31031/CJMI.2021.05.000606

ISSN: 2578-0190
Volume5 Issue2

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We have presented, to the best of our knowledge, the first reported case of NDM and KPC-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter cloacae correlated with life-threatening pneumonia and subsequent treatment. The pathogen was isolated from the lungs of a fresh bilateral lung transplant patient. Successful clearing of the BAL culture and clinical cure was achieved by combination therapy of meropenem/ vaborbactam, levofloxacin, and nebulized amikacin/colistin.

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