| carbapenem resistance in clonally distinct clinical strains of vibrio fluvialis isolated from diarrheal samples. | carbapenems have been used for many years to treat severe nosocomial enterobacteriaceae infections. the spread of resistance to these drugs among other bacterial families is an emerging problem worldwide, mostly caused by new delhi metallo-β-lactamase (ndm-1). we screened for the prevalence of ndm-1-expressing enteric pathogens from hospitalized patients with acute diarrhea in kolkata, india, and identified 27 vibrio fluvialis-harboring blandm-1 (ndm-vf) strains. these isolates were also resista ... | 2016 | 27649032 |