Klebsiella pneumoniae producing KPC carbapenemase in a district general hospital in the UK.
In: The Journal of hospital infection, Jg. 78 (2011-08-01), Heft 4, S. 293
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We report two patients with multidrug-resistant KPC-carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae urinary tract infections. A bla(KPC-2) gene was detected in both of the isolates by polymerase chain reaction and sequencing. The isolates had identical pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns and belonged to sequence type ST11. The index patient probably acquired the KPC-producing strain while in hospital in Curaçao, with subsequent nosocomial transmission to the second patient occurring in our hospital. We describe the interventions that were taken to prevent its further spread within the acute Trust and the community.
(Copyright © 2011 The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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Klebsiella pneumoniae producing KPC carbapenemase in a district general hospital in the UK.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Virgincar, N ; Iyer, S ; Stacey, A ; Maharjan, S ; Pike, R ; Perry, C ; Wyeth, J ; Woodford, N |
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Zeitschrift: | The Journal of hospital infection, Jg. 78 (2011-08-01), Heft 4, S. 293 |
Veröffentlichung: | London : W.B. Saunders For The Hospital Infection Society ; <i>Original Publication</i>: New York, Academic Press., 2011 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1532-2939 (electronic) |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.03.016 |
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