First report of carbapenem-resistant Providencia stuartii in Saudi Arabia

We present the case of 31-year-old man who developed hospital-acquired pneumonia in the intensive care unit. Pathogens were identified to be carbapenem-resistant isolates of Providencia stuartii and Klebsiella pneumoniae. The patient was treated with an extended infusion of double-dose meropenem (ta...

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Main Authors: M. Abdallah, R. Alhababi, N. Alqudah, B. Aldyyat, A. Alharthy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:New Microbes and New Infections
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297518300878