Circulation of bla KPC-3 -Carrying IncX3 Plasmids among Citrobacter freundii Isolates in an Italian Hospital | Zendy

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Circulation of bla _KPC-3 -Carrying IncX3 Plasmids among Citrobacter freundii Isolates in an Italian Hospital

Author(s) -

Carolina Venditti,

D. Fortini,

Laura Villa,

Antonella Vulcano,

Silvia D’Arezzo,

Alessandro Capone,

Nicola Petrosillo,

Carla Nisii,

Alessandra Carattoli,

Antonino Di

Publication year - 2017

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.00505-17

Subject(s) - citrobacter freundii , plasmid , citrobacter , microbiology and biotechnology , enterobacteriaceae , biology , klebsiella pneumoniae , gene , escherichia coli , genetics

Colonizations due to carbapenem-resistantEnterobacteriaceae (CRE) are a source of antimicrobial resistance transmission in health care settings. ElevenCitrobacter freundii strains producing KPC-3 carbapenemase were isolated from rectal swabs during a 3-year surveillance program.bla KPC-3 -carrying plasmids were found to belong to the IncX3 group in 9 of the 11 strains, and complete nucleotide sequences were obtained for 2 of them. Our results highlight the possible role ofC. freundii as reservoir of resistance genes.

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