title: Genesis of a KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae after in vivo transfer from an imported Greek strain.
abstract: We document here the in vivo transfer of bla(KPC-2) between intensive care unit-acquired and a commensal strain of K. pneumoniae in a French patient after his repatriation from Greece. This first report of an emerging KPC-producing strain in France raises further concerns about the spread of carbapenem resistance among Enterobacteriaceae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, EA3964 and National Reference Centre for Antimicrobial Resistances in Commensal Flora, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital (Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris) and Paris-7 University, Paris, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barbier
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ruppé
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giakkoupi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wildenberg
authors.forename: Jc
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lucet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vatopoulos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andremont
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015780:Carbapenems / Q000494:pharmacology; D002404:Catheterization; D003428:Cross Infection; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005602:France; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007710:Klebsiella Infections; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015780:Carbapenems; D001618:beta-Lactamases; C547585:beta-lactamase KPC-2, Klebsiella pneumoniae