| Literature DB >> 23040691 |
Branka Bedenić1, Annarita Mazzariol, Vanda Plečko, Zrinka Bošnjak, Petra Barl, Jasmina Vraneš, Giuseppe Cornaglia.
Abstract
In February 2011, a 78-year-old male patient was admitted to Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb with subdural haematoma. Klebsiella pneumoniae with reduced susceptibility to carbapenems was isolated. PCR revealed the presence of bla(KPC), bla(TEM), and bla(SHV) genes. Sequencing of bla(KPC) gene identified K. pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-2 beta-lactamase. The strain belonged to ST37 clone by multilocus sequence typing. Infection control efforts limited the spread of KPC-producing clone of K. pneumoniae in our hospital so far. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a KPC-producing K. pneumoniae in Croatia.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23040691 DOI: 10.1179/1973947812Y.0000000017
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Chemother ISSN: 1120-009X Impact factor: 1.714