Transfer of KPC-2 carbapenemase from Klebsiella pneumoniae to Enterobacter cloacae in a patient receiving meropenem therapy.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.04.004
Abstract: The horizontal transfer of a plasmid bearing the blaKPC-2 gene from K. pneumoniae to E. cloacae infecting the respiratory tract of a patient during meropenem therapy was elucidated. This finding is particularly worrisome, since these… read more here.
Keywords: pneumoniae; cloacae; transfer; meropenem therapy ... See more keywords