KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, finally targeting Turkey
- Labarca, Jaime INSERM U914 “Emerging Resistance to Antibiotics”, K.-Bicêtre, France - Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Poirel, Laurent INSERM U914 “Emerging Resistance to Antibiotics”, K.-Bicêtre, France - Medical and Molecular Microbiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Özdamar, M. Department of Microbiology, Anadolu Medical Centre, Kocaeli, Turkey
- Turkoglü, S. Department of Microbiology, Anadolu Medical Centre, Kocaeli, Turkey
- Hakko, E. Department of Infectious Diseases, Anadolu Medical Centre, Kocaeli, Turkey
- Nordmann, Patrice INSERM U914 “Emerging Resistance to Antibiotics”, K.-Bicêtre, France - Medical and Molecular Microbiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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01.03.2014
Published in:
- New Microbes and New Infections. - 2014, vol. 2, no. 2, p. 50–51
English
We report here the first identification of the worldwide spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-2-producing and carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae clone ST258 in Turkey, a country where the distantly-related carbapenemase OXA-48 is known to be endemic. Worryingly, this isolate was also resistant to colistin, now considered to be the last-resort antibiotic for carbapenem-resistant isolates.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Médecine 3ème année
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Pathology, clinical medicine
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- RERO DOC 210123
- DOI 10.1002/nmi2.42
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/303584
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