title: First outbreak of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 258 in a hospital in South Korea.
abstract: In this study, we report the first outbreak of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from three patients admitted to a neurosurgery department in a South Korean teaching hospital. Multilocus sequence typing showed that the isolates were identical to the previous KPC producers in South Korea and other countries, suggesting clonal spread.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Kwan
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Dongeun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yong
authors.forename: Kyeongmi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Sook
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Seong Geun
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Tulgaa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Khosbayar
authors.forename: Wonkeun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Kyoung Ho
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Roh
authors.forename: Seok Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Kyungwon
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yunsop
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chong
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005838:Genotype; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001618:beta-Lactamases; C547585:beta-lactamase KPC-2, Klebsiella pneumoniae