Transfer of KPC-2 carbapenemase from Klebsiella pneumoniae to Enterobacter cloacae in a patient receiving meropenem therapy

Artículos de revistas

Fecha

2017-07-01

Registro en:

Diagnostic Microbiology And Infectious Disease. New York: Elsevier Science Inc, v. 88, n. 3, p. 287-289, 2017.

0732-8893

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/159596

10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.04.004

WOS:000404692800017

WOS000404692800017.pdf

Autor

Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Hosp Base Sao Jose do Rio Preto

Adolfo Lutz Inst

Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

Institución

Universidade Estadual Paulista (Brasil)

Resumen

The horizontal transfer of a plasmid bearing the bla(Kpc-2) gene from K. pneumoniae to E. cloacae infecting the respiratory tract of a patient during meropenem therapy was elucidated. This finding is particularly worrisome, since these drugs are of last resort for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Materias

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Enterobacter cloacae

bla(Kpc-2)

Horizontal gene transfer

Plasmid

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