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.
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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
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
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- Médecine 3ème année
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- English
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- Biological sciences
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- RERO DOC 306282
- DOI 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.10.019
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- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/306222
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