Novel Metallo-β-Lactamase Isolated from a Clinical Strain Resistant to Colistin.

Objective: We aimed to describe a colistin (COL)-resistant (R) (Cvi) isolate from a septic patient in Argentina expressing a previously unknown gene, .

Methods: In 2019, a 12 year old child was injured with a thorn in a lagoon. The child was hospitalized due to sepsis and multiple abscesses.

Emergence of acute/subacute infant-juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis in Northeast Argentina: Effect of climatic and anthropogenic changes?

Argentina has two endemic areas of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM). Bordering Paraguay and Brazil, Northeast Argentina (NEA) comprises the area with the highest incidence where the chronic adult clinical form has historically been reported. Juvenile form in children and adolescents is rare in this area since only one case was reported in the last 10 years.