Open AccessEmergence of blaKPC-3-Tn4401a associated with a pKPN3/4-like plasmid within ST384 and ST388 Klebsiella pneumoniae clones in Spain
Author(s) -
Tânia Curião,
MaríaIsabel Morosini,
Patricia Ruíz-Garbajosa,
A. Robustillo,
F. Baquero,
Teresa M. Coque,
Rafael Cantón
Publication year - 2010
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/dkq174
Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , microbiology and biotechnology , plasmid , biology , klebsiella , klebsiella infections , enterobacteriaceae , multilocus sequence typing , escherichia coli , genotype , genetics , gene
KPC carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates have been increasingly detected in Europe. We report the first KPC-producing isolates characterized in Madrid, Spain.
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