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Emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 with KPC-2 in Poland

Author(s) -

Anna Baraniak,

Radosław Izdebski,

M. Herda,

Janusz Fiett,

Waleria Hryniewicz,

Marek Gniadkowski,

Izabela Kern-Zdanowicz,

K Filczak,

Urszula Łopaciuk

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07

H-Index - 259

eISSN - 1070-6283

pISSN - 0066-4804

DOI - 10.1128/aac.00436-09

Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , outbreak , microbiology and biotechnology , klebsiella infections , klebsiella , antibiotic resistance , biology , antibiotics , virology , escherichia coli , biochemistry , gene

Plasmidic KPC β-lactamases in gram-negative pathogens are of the highest clinical and epidemiologic concern, conferring resistance to all β-lactams, including carbapenems (15, 18). The main KPC producer is Klebsiella pneumoniae, but other species are being identified as well (15). Strains with KPCs spread rapidly and cause outbreaks; in hospitals on the east coast of the United States and in Israel, they have already become endemic (2, 3, 10, 14, 17). Recently, more countries have reported the presence of these organisms, in some cases as a result of importation (15).

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