Denmark: Outbreak of carbapenemase-producing ST79 Enterobacter hormaechei, May be linked to Dicillin antibiotic

NewsDesk @bactiman63 11 patients have been found positive with a unique epitype of the bacterium Enterobacter hormaechei . What the patients have in common is that they have taken the medicine dicloxacillin in capsules from the same manufacturer. Carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPO) are a group of bacteria that can be difficult to treat because they are resistant to the antibiotics normally [...]

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