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Antimicrobial treatment and containment measures for an extremely drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST101 isolate carrying pKPN101-IT, a novel fully sequenced bla(KPC-2) plasmid.

Authors :
Frasson I
Lavezzo E
Franchin E
Toppo S
Barzon L
Cavallaro A
Richter SN
Palù G
Source :
Journal of clinical microbiology [J Clin Microbiol] 2012 Nov; Vol. 50 (11), pp. 3768-72. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Sep 12.
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

An extremely drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate, sequence type ST101, was isolated from a patient in Italy. We describe antibiotic treatment, measures to clear and contain the infection, and a complete sequence analysis of a novel large plasmid, pKPN101-IT, harboring the bla(KPC-2) gene and arising from the threatening recombination of different worldwide-distributed backbones.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1098-660X
Volume :
50
Issue :
11
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Journal of clinical microbiology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
22972824
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01892-12