Literature DB >> 23659538

Klebsiella pneumoniae harbouring OXA-48 carbapenemase in a Libyan refugee in Italy.

E Kocsis1, C Savio, M Piccoli, G Cornaglia, A Mazzariol.   

Abstract

A carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae was isolated from a blood-culture of an inpatient from Libya, hospitalized in the intensive-care unit of Negrar Hospital, Italy. The clinical isolate carried the following β-lactamase genes, bla(TEM -1), bla(SHV -11), bla(OXA -1), bla(CTX -M-15) and bla(OXA -48), respectively. The bla(OXA -48) gene was inserted in the Tn1999.2 transposon type, carried on a conjugative, 60-kilobase plasmid, that presented an L/M backbone, hosted by a multidrug-resistant ST 101 K. pneumoniae strain. Our report highlights the international transfer of bla(OXA -48) gene and the importance of screening measures of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.
© 2013 The Authors Clinical Microbiology and Infection © 2013 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

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Keywords:  IncL/M-like plasmid; Klebsiella pneumoniae ST 101; OXA-48; Tn1999.2; carbapenem resistance

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Year:  2013        PMID: 23659538     DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12232

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Clin Microbiol Infect        ISSN: 1198-743X            Impact factor:   8.067


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