Review of first 36 cases of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Hong Kong

David C Lung; Owen T Y Tsang; K W Choi; Ivan F N Hung; K M Chan; Alan K L Wu; Eugene Y K Tso; T C Wu; T S Lam; Ada W Y Wong; Ken H L Ng; Steffi S Y Lui; Enoch K Hsu; Andrew T Y Wong

doi:10.1016/j.jgar.2017.01.002

Review of first 36 cases of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Hong Kong

J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2017 Mar:8:199-201. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2017.01.002. Epub 2017 Feb 10.

Authors

David C Lung¹, Owen T Y Tsang², K W Choi³, Ivan F N Hung⁴, K M Chan⁵, Alan K L Wu⁶, Eugene Y K Tso⁷, T C Wu⁸, T S Lam⁹, Ada W Y Wong¹⁰, Ken H L Ng⁵, Steffi S Y Lui¹¹, Enoch K Hsu¹⁰, Andrew T Y Wong¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Pathology, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hospital Authority, 23 Tsing Chung Koon Road, Tuen Mun, NT, Hong Kong SAR, China. Electronic address: lungdc@ha.org.hk.
² Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hospital Authority, 2-10 Princess Margaret Hospital Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
³ Department of Medicine, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Hospital Authority, 11 Chuen On Road, Tai Po, NY, Hong Kong SAR, China.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Room 405B, 4/F Professorial Block, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pok Fu Lam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China.
⁵ Department of Clinical Pathology, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hospital Authority, 23 Tsing Chung Koon Road, Tuen Mun, NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
⁶ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hospital Authority, 3 Lok Man Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong SAR, China.
⁷ Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, United Christian Hospital, Hospital Authority, 130 Hip Wo Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hospital Authority, 30 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
⁹ Surveillance and Epidemiology Branch, Centre for Health Protection, 147C Argyle Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
¹⁰ Infection Control Branch, Centre for Health Protection, G/F, 147C Argyle Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
¹¹ Infection Control Branch, Centre for Health Protection, 147C Argyle Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.

PMID: 28192211
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2017.01.002

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
Enterobacteriaceae / enzymology*
Enterobacteriaceae / genetics
Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification*
Female
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / pathology
Hong Kong / epidemiology
Humans
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
Travel-Related Illness*
Young Adult
beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

beta-Lactamases
beta-lactamase NDM-1