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Title: | Clonal dissemination of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 harbouring KPC-2 in Argentina | Authors: | Gomez, Sonia A. Pasteran, Fernando Faccone, Diego Tijet, Nathalie Rapoport, Melina J. Lucero, Celeste Lastovetska, O. Albornoz, Ezequiel Galas, Marcelo F. Melano, Roberto Corso, Alejandra Petroni, Alejandro |
Keywords: | Infecciones por Klebsiella;Klebsiella pneumoniae;Enterobacter | Issue Date: | 2011 | Journal: | Clinical Microbiology and Infection | Abstract: | The present work describes the abrupt emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) and characterizes the first 79 KPC-producing enterobacteria from Argentina (isolated from 2006 to 2010). The emergence of bla(KPC-2) was characterized by two patterns of dispersion: the first was the sporadic occurrence in diverse enterobacteria from distant geographical regions, harbouring plasmids of different incompatibility groups and bla(KPC-2) in an unusual genetic environment flanked by ISKpn8-Δbla(TEM-1) and ISKpn6-like. bla(KPC-2) was associated with IncL/M transferable plasmids; the second was the abrupt clonal spread of K. pneumoniae ST258 harbouring bla(KPC-2) in Tn4401a. |
Description: | Fil: Gomez, Sonia A. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Servicio Antimicrobianos; Argentina. Fil: Pasteran, Fernando. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Servicio Antimicrobianos; Argentina. Fil: Faccone, Diego. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Servicio Antimicrobianos; Argentina. Fil: Tijet, Nathalie. Public Health Laboratories. Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; Canada. Fil: Rapoport, Melina J. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Servicio Antimicrobianos; Argentina. Fil: Lucero, Celeste. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Servicio Antimicrobianos; Argentina. Fil: Lastovetska, O. Public Health Laboratories. Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; Canada. Fil: Albornoz, Ezequiel. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Servicio Antimicrobianos; Argentina. Fil: Galas, Marcelo F. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Servicio Antimicrobianos; Argentina. Fil: Melano, Roberto. Public Health Laboratories. Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; Canada. Fil: Corso, Alejandra. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Servicio Antimicrobianos; Argentina. Fil: Petroni, Alejandro. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Servicio Antimicrobianos; Argentina. |
URI: | http://sgc.anlis.gob.ar/handle/123456789/453 https://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(14)61870-X/fulltext |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03600.x | Rights: | Restricted Access |
Appears in Collections: | Preproducción Publicaciones INEI |
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