Emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying bla(VIM) and bla(KPC) genes.
A Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolate resistant to imipenem was recovered from a wound sample. The patient, a 57-year-old man, underwent a surgical resection of small bowel and sigmoid colon and was treated with multiple courses of antimicrobials. PCR analysis revealed that the clinical isolate was carrying simultaneously bla(VIM-1), bla(KPC-2), bla(SHV) and bla(TEM) genes. The concomitant presence of these genes is alarming and poses therapeutic as well as infection control problems.
Meletis
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Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Tzampaz
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Protonotariou
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Sofianou
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