First isolations of KPC-2-carrying ST258 Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Finland, June and August 2009.
The first two Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing (KPC) type 2 strains carrying ST258 were detected in Finland in June and early August 2009. They were found colonising two patients transferred from the Mediterranean; one patient referred from a hospital in Greece where isolates were first found in 2007 and another from Italy where the first isolates have been described only very recently.
Osterblad
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Antimicrobial Resistance Unit, Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku Finland. monica.osterblad@thl.fi
Kirveskari
J
J
Koskela
S
S
Tissari
P
P
Vuorenoja
K
K
Hakanen
A J
AJ
Vaara
M
M
Jalava
J
J
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000032:analysis*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001618:beta-Lactamases; C495220:beta-lactamase KPC-3, Klebsiella pneumoniae