In vivo selection of a multidrug-resistant Aeromonas salmonicida during medicinal leech therapy

We report the selection in a 15-year-old boy of a multidrug-resistant, extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Aeromonas salmonicida after medicinal leech therapy that required an antibiotic prophylaxis based on piperacillin/tazobactam and cotrimoxazole. Whole genome sequencing of the strain...

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Main Authors: E. Ruppé, A. Cherkaoui, N. Wagner, G.C. La Scala, J.-Y. Beaulieu, M. Girard, J. Frey, V. Lazarevic, J. Schrenzel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:New Microbes and New Infections
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297517300811