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Case Reports
. 2007 Apr 1;44(7):972-5.
doi: 10.1086/512370. Epub 2007 Feb 21.

Detection and spread of Escherichia coli possessing the plasmid-borne carbapenemase KPC-2 in Brooklyn, New York

Simona Bratu  1 , Steven Brooks, Sibte Burney, Sandeep Kochar, Jyoti Gupta, David Landman, John Quale
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Detection and spread of Escherichia coli possessing the plasmid-borne carbapenemase KPC-2 in Brooklyn, New York

Simona Bratu et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

A carbapenem-resistant isolate of Escherichia coli was identified that possessed a 23-kb plasmid encoding Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase type 2 (KPC-2). A subsequent surveillance study involving hospitals in Brooklyn, New York, revealed that, among 1417 E. coli isolates, 7 isolates (from 3 hospitals) possessed bla(KPC-2). E. coli possessing KPC-2 is emerging in our region, and improved methods for detection are urgently needed.

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