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. 2010 Mar;54(3):1354-7.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.00899-09. Epub 2009 Dec 28.

Detection of KPC in Acinetobacter spp. in Puerto Rico

Iraida E Robledo  1 , Edna E Aquino, María I Santé, Jorge L Santana, Diana M Otero, Carlos F León, Guillermo J Vázquez
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Detection of KPC in Acinetobacter spp. in Puerto Rico

Iraida E Robledo et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Mar.

Abstract

During an island-wide PCR-based surveillance study of beta-lactam resistance in multidrug-resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex isolates obtained from 17 different hospitals, 10 KPC-positive Acinetobacter isolates were identified. DNA sequencing of the bla(KPC) gene identified KPC-2, -3, and -4 and a novel variant, KPC-10. This is the first report of a KPC-type beta-lactamase identified in Acinetobacter species.

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