title: KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, finally targeting Turkey.
abstract: We report here the first identification of the worldwide spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-2-producing and carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae clone ST258 in Turkey, a country where the distantly-related carbapenemase OXA-48 is known to be endemic. Worryingly, this isolate was also resistant to colistin, now considered to be the last-resort antibiotic for carbapenem-resistant isolates.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U914 "Emerging Resistance to Antibiotics" K.-Bicêtre, France ; Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Labarca
authors.affiliation: INSERM U914 "Emerging Resistance to Antibiotics" K.-Bicêtre, France ; Medical and Molecular Microbiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg Switzerland.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Poirel
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Anadolu Medical Centre Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozdamar
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Anadolu Medical Centre Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turkoglü
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Anadolu Medical Centre Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hakko
authors.affiliation: INSERM U914 "Emerging Resistance to Antibiotics" K.-Bicêtre, France ; Medical and Molecular Microbiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg Switzerland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nordmann
keywords: Carbapenemase; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase; ST258; colistin