First Detection of the Plasmid-Mediated Class A Carbapenemase KPC-2 in Clinical Isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae from South America

The plasmid-mediated class A carbapenemase KPC-2 was isolated from unrelated Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Medellin, Colombia. These KPC enzymes are the first from South America and the second isolation outside of the United States. The expanding geographic spread of KPC carbapenemases underscor...

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Auteurs principaux: Virginia Villegas, Maria, Lolans, Karen, Correa, Adriana, Jose Suarez, Carlos, Lopez, Jaime A., Vallejo, Marta, Quinn, John P.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: American Society for Microbiology 2006
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Mechanisms of Resistance
Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1538657/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16870793
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00186-06
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