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.
San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 782341, USA. jorgensen@uthscsa.edu
Jason W
JW
Bennett
Monica L
ML
Herrera
James S
JS
Lewis
Brian W
BW
Wickes
James H
JH
Jorgensen
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