The Journal of hospital infection, 2011-08, Vol.78 (4), p.293-296
2011
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- Titel
- Klebsiella pneumoniae producing KPC carbapenemase in a district general hospital in the UK
- Ist Teil von
- The Journal of hospital infection, 2011-08, Vol.78 (4), p.293-296
- Ort / Verlag
- Kidlington: Elsevier Ltd
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2011
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Summary We report two patients with multidrug-resistant KPC-carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae urinary tract infections. A blaKPC-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.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0195-6701eISSN: 1532-2939DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.03.016Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_899159638
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- –
- Schlagworte
- Aged, 80 and over, Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology, Bacterial Proteins - biosynthesis, Bacterial Proteins - genetics, beta-Lactamases - biosynthesis, beta-Lactamases - genetics, beta-Lactams - pharmacology, Biological and medical sciences, Cross Infection - microbiology, Cross Infection - transmission, DNA, Bacterial - chemistry, DNA, Bacterial - genetics, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial, Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field, Hospitals, General, Humans, Infectious Disease, Infectious diseases, Klebsiella Infections - microbiology, Klebsiella Infections - transmission, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella pneumoniae - drug effects, Klebsiella pneumoniae - enzymology, Klebsiella pneumoniae - genetics, Klebsiella pneumoniae - isolation & purification, KPC carbapenemase, Male, Medical sciences, Molecular Typing, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Sequence Analysis, DNA, United Kingdom