title: Emergence of clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae producing OXA-232 carbapenemase in Singapore.
abstract: We report the emergence of OXA-232, a newly described OXA-48-like carbapenemase variant, in Southeast Asia. Molecular characterization of eight Klebsiella pneumoniae obtained from local and foreign patients reveals clonality of the isolates. bla OXA-232 was located on a non-conjugative plasmid of 6141 base pairs (GenBank accession number JX423831.1).
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119074.
authors.forename: J W P
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Teo
authors.affiliation: Duke-Nus Graduate Medical School 8 College Road, Singapore, 169857.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurup
authors.affiliation: National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health Singapore.
authors.forename: R T P
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Pathology Department, Singapore General Hospital 20 College Road, Academia, Level 7, Diagnostics Tower, Singapore, 169856.
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Hsien
keywords: Antibiotic resistance; beta-lactam; infection