| Literature DB >> 28559268 |
Carolina Venditti1, Daniela Fortini2, Laura Villa2, Antonella Vulcano1, Silvia D'Arezzo1, Alessandro Capone1, Nicola Petrosillo1, Carla Nisii1, Alessandra Carattoli2, Antonino Di Caro3.
Abstract
Colonizations due to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are a source of antimicrobial resistance transmission in health care settings. Eleven Citrobacter freundii strains producing KPC-3 carbapenemase were isolated from rectal swabs during a 3-year surveillance program. blaKPC-3-carrying plasmids were found to belong to the IncX3 group in 9 of the 11 strains, and complete nucleotide sequences were obtained for 2 of them. Our results highlight the possible role of C. freundii as reservoir of resistance genes.Entities:
Keywords: Citrobacter freundii; IncX3; KPC; KPC-3; antibiotic resistance
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28559268 PMCID: PMC5527586 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00505-17
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191