ESBL and Carbapenem Resistance Mechanisms MCQ — NEET PG Practice Question | NEETPGAI
ESBL and Carbapenem Resistance Mechanisms
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A 42-year-old woman from Mumbai is admitted with severe pneumonia and sepsis. Sputum culture grows a gram-negative rod identified as *Klebsiella pneumoniae*. Antibiotic susceptibility testing shows resistance to all beta-lactams including carbapenems (meropenem MIC 16 µg/mL), but susceptibility to colistin and tigecycline. The organism produces a Hodge test-positive result. Which carbapenemase enzyme is most likely responsible for this resistance pattern in this Indian hospital setting?
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