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Isolation of KPC 3-producing Enterobacter aerogenes in a patient colonized by MDR Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Source :
- The new microbiologica. 39(4)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- We describe the interspecies transmission of the plasmid-mediated blaKPC-3 gene, which confers carbapenem resistance, between clinically relevant gram-negative bacteria in a single patient. A KPC-3 producing Enterobacter aerogenes was isolated from a hospitalized patient previously colonized and then infected by a Klebsiella pneumoniae ST101 carrying the blaKPC-3 gene. The strains showed identical plasmids. Since intense horizontal exchanges among bacteria can occur in the gut, clinicians should be aware that patients colonized by carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae could become carriers of other carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.
Details
- ISSN :
- 11217138
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The new microbiologica
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........346214e053864c1902ed3cc56b7e8141