Identification of a KPC-9-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 cluster among KPC-2-producing isolates of an ongoing outbreak in Northwestern Greece: a retrospective study

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2018 May;24(5):558-560. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.12.007. Epub 2017 Dec 21.

Authors

K Gartzonika¹, J W A Rossen², H Sakkas³, S Rosema², E Priavali³, A W Friedrich², S Levidiotou³, E Bathoorn²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Greece. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Greece.

PMID: 29274461
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.12.007

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Disease Outbreaks*
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Genome, Bacterial
Greece / epidemiology
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
Humans
Klebsiella Infections / epidemiology*
Klebsiella Infections / microbiology
Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects
Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology
Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics*
Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
Retrospective Studies
beta-Lactamases / biosynthesis
beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
beta-lactamase KPC-2
beta-Lactamases