Plasmid-mediated KPC-2 in a Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate from China.
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.
Wei
Ze-Qing
ZQ
Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases of the Public Health Ministry, 1st Affiliated Hospital, Medical School, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Du
Xiao-Xing
XX
Yu
Yun-Song
YS
Shen
Ping
P
Chen
Ya-Gang
YG
Li
Lan-Juan
LJ
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*
D015780:Carbapenems; C491478:beta-lactamase KPC-2; D001618:beta-Lactamases