Arrival of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing KPC carbapenemase in the United Kingdom
Author(s) -
N. Woodford,
Jian Zhang,
M. Warner,
Mary E. Kaufmann,
J. Matos,
A. MacDonald,
Daniel Brudney,
D Sompolinsky,
Shiri NavonVenezia,
David M. Livermore
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkn396
Subject(s) - amikacin , microbiology and biotechnology , klebsiella pneumoniae , colistin , imipenem , tigecycline , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , biology , fosfomycin , agar dilution , gentamicin , virology , antibiotic resistance , antibiotics , genotype , minimum inhibitory concentration , escherichia coli , genetics , gene
KPC-type carbapenemases are increasingly prevalent in parts of the USA and Israel and are an emerging concern in South America, Europe and China. We investigated the UK's first two KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates.
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