Comparative population analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae strains with extended-spectrum β-lactamases colonizing patients in rehabilitation centers in four countries

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Apr;57(4):1992-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02571-12. Epub 2013 Feb 12.

Abstract

The international project MOSAR was conducted in five rehabilitation centers; patients were screened for rectal carriage of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing members of the Enterobacteriaceae. Among 229 Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates, four clonal groups (CG) or complexes (CC) prevailed: CG17 in France, CG101 in Italy, CG15 in Spain, and CC147 in Israel. ESBLs, mainly CTX-Ms, were produced by 226 isolates; three isolates expressed AmpC-like cephalosporinases. High genetic diversity of K. pneumoniae populations was observed, with specific characteristics at each center.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • France
  • Genetics, Population
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / classification
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics
  • Rehabilitation Centers*
  • Spain
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • beta-Lactamases