Publications by authors named "Sandra Erkens Hulshof"
The occurrence of Enterobacteriaceae producing KPC carbapenemases in a general hospital in Curacao.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control
August 2014
Background: Although the presence of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) are extensively documented in North and South America. CPE have not been reported from Curacao. However, recently intercontinental spread was suggested of a KPC carbapenemase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a patient in the United Kingdom with previous admission to a hospital in Curacao in 2009.
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- A study analyzed 14 cases of Raoultella bacteremia and compared them with 56 cases of Klebsiella species (28 each of K. oxytoca and K. pneumoniae).
- Raoultella bacteremia was more frequently linked to biliary tract disease, with 43% of cases showing this association.
- In comparison, 32% of K. oxytoca and only 22% of K. pneumoniae cases were associated with biliary tract issues.
The family Picornaviridae contains well-known human pathogens (e.g., poliovirus, coxsackievirus, rhinovirus, and parechovirus).
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