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The New Microbiologica Oct 2016We describe the interspecies transmission of the plasmid-mediated blaKPC-3 gene, which confers carbapenem resistance, between clinically relevant gram-negative bacteria...
We describe the interspecies transmission of the plasmid-mediated blaKPC-3 gene, which confers carbapenem resistance, between clinically relevant gram-negative bacteria in a single patient. A KPC-3 producing Enterobacter aerogenes was isolated from a hospitalized patient previously colonized and then infected by a Klebsiella pneumoniae ST101 carrying the blaKPC-3 gene. The strains showed identical plasmids. Since intense horizontal exchanges among bacteria can occur in the gut, clinicians should be aware that patients colonized by carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae could become carriers of other carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.
Topics: Bacterial Proteins; Enterobacter aerogenes; Gene Transfer, Horizontal; Humans; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Male; Plasmids; beta-Lactamases
PubMed: 27284988
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Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia :... Feb 2017
Topics: Aged, 80 and over; Amphotericin B; Antifungal Agents; Aspirin; Cellulitis; Dermatomycoses; Drug Combinations; Female; Flucytosine; Gastrostomy; Geotrichosis; Geotrichum; Humans; Magnesium Oxide; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Surgical Wound Infection
PubMed: 28010055
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