Klebsiella pneumoniae co-producing KPC and RmtG, finally targeting Switzerland

Mancini, Stefano; Poirel, Laurent; Corthesy, Myriam; Greub, Gilbert; Nordmann, Patrice

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.10.019

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Klebsiella pneumoniae co-producing KPC and RmtG, finally targeting Switzerland

Mancini, Stefano Emerging Antibiotic Resistance Unit, Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Switzerland - French INSERM European Unit, University of Fribourg (LEA-IAME), Fribourg, Switzerland - Swiss National Reference Center for Emerging Antibiotic Resistance, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Poirel, Laurent Emerging Antibiotic Resistance Unit, Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Switzerland - French INSERM European Unit, University of Fribourg (LEA-IAME), Fribourg, Switzerland - Swiss National Reference Center for Emerging Antibiotic Resistance, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Corthesy, Myriam Institute for Microbiology, University of Lausanne and University Hospital Center, Lausanne, Switzerland
Greub, Gilbert Institute for Microbiology, University of Lausanne and University Hospital Center, Lausanne, Switzerland
Nordmann, Patrice Emerging Antibiotic Resistance Unit, Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Switzerland - French INSERM European Unit, University of Fribourg (LEA-IAME), Fribourg, Switzerland - Swiss National Reference Center for Emerging Antibiotic Resistance, Fribourg, Switzerland.

06.11.2017

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Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. - 2018, vol. 90, no. 2, p. 151-152

English A carbapenem- and pan-aminoglycoside-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strain was isolated from a Brazilian patient hospitalized in a Swiss hospital.The clinical isolate carried genes encoding the KPC-2 carbapenemase and the RmtG 16S rRNA methyltransferase.This is the first report of a carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae producing RmtG in Europe

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Faculté des sciences et de médecine

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Médecine 3ème année

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