Genesis of a KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae after in vivo transfer from an imported Greek strain.
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.
Barbier
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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.
Ruppé
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Giakkoupi
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Wildenberg
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L
Lucet
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Vatopoulos
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Wolff
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Andremont
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A
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*
D015780:Carbapenems; D001618:beta-Lactamases; C547585:beta-lactamase KPC-2, Klebsiella pneumoniae