Plasmid-Mediated Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Enzyme KPC-2 in an Enterobacter sp.

A strain of an Enterobacter sp. with reduced susceptibility to imipenem, which produced a plasmid-mediated class A carbapenem-hydrolyzing enzyme, KPC-2 β-lactamase, was isolated from a patient with sepsis at a Boston hospital. This is the first report of the production of a plasmid-encoded KPC-2 β-l...

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Main Authors: Hossain, Ashfaque, Ferraro, M. J., Pino, R. M., Dew, R. B., Moland, E. S., Lockhart, T. J., Thomson, K. S., Goering, R. V., Hanson, N. D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2004
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Mechanisms of Resistance
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC525415/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15504876
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.48.11.4438-4440.2004
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