KPC-2-producing Enterobacter cloacae and pseudomonas putida coinfection in a liver transplant recipient.
Carbapenemases are among the newest resistance mechanisms to emerge in some gram-negative bacteria. We describe bacteremia in a critically ill liver transplant recipient infected with KPC-2-producing Enterobacter cloacae and Pseudomonas putida. Although this enzyme has been previously described in Enterobacter spp., this is the first report of KPC carbapenemase in P. putida.
Bennett
Jason W
JW
San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 782341, USA. jorgensen@uthscsa.edu
Herrera
Monica L
ML
Lewis
James S
JS
Wickes
Brian W
BW
Jorgensen
James H
JH
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D016972:Enterobacter cloacae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D016958:Pseudomonas putida / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C491478:beta-lactamase KPC-2; D001618:beta-Lactamases