title: Plasmid-mediated KPC-2 in a Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate from China.
abstract: A carbapenem-resistant isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing class A carbapenemase KPC-2 was identified in Zhejiang, China. The KPC-2 gene was located on an approximately 60-kb plasmid in a genetic environment partially different from that of blaKPC-2 in the isolates from the United States and Colombia.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases of the Public Health Ministry, 1st Affiliated Hospital, Medical School, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
authors.forename: Ze-Qing
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Xiao-Xing
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Yun-Song
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Ya-Gang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Lan-Juan
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D015780:Carbapenems / Q000494:pharmacology; D002681:China; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D018440:beta-Lactam Resistance; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015780:Carbapenems; C491478:beta-lactamase KPC-2; D001618:beta-Lactamases