Possible importation and subsequent cross-transmission of OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, France, 2010

D Decre; G Birgand; D Geneste; E Maury; J C Petit; F Barbut; G Arlet

doi:10.2807/ese.15.46.19718-en

Possible importation and subsequent cross-transmission of OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, France, 2010

Euro Surveill. 2010 Nov 18;15(46):19718. doi: 10.2807/ese.15.46.19718-en.

Authors

D Decre¹, G Birgand, D Geneste, E Maury, J C Petit, F Barbut, G Arlet

Affiliation

¹ Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Microbiology, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Paris, France. [email protected]

PMID: 21144432
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.46.19718-en

Abstract

We report the possible first patient-to-patient transmission of Klebsiella pneumoniae with decreased susceptibility to imipenem and producing OXA-48, CTX-M15, TEM-1 and OXA-1 in a French hospital.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cross Infection / prevention & control*
France
Hospitals
Humans
Infection Control / methods*
Intensive Care Units
Klebsiella Infections / diagnosis*
Klebsiella Infections / microbiology
Klebsiella Infections / transmission
Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology
Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics
Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Morocco
Polymerase Chain Reaction
beta-Lactamases / metabolism

Substances

beta-Lactamases
oxacillinase