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New Delhi Metallo-beta-Lactamase in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli, Canada

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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages 103-106

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CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
DOI: 10.3201/eid1701.101358

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Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli isolates harboring New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1) were isolated from a patient who had returned to Canada from India. The NDM-1 gene was found on closely related incompatibility group A/C type plasmids. The occurrence of NDM-1 in North America is a major public health concern.

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