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. 2010 Dec;48(12):4604-7.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01143-10. Epub 2010 Oct 6.

Susceptibility profiles, molecular epidemiology, and detection of KPC-producing Escherichia coli isolates from the New York City vicinity

David Landman  1 , Carl Urban, Martin Bäcker, Paul Kelly, Neha Shah, Elizabeth Babu, Simona Bratu, John Quale
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Susceptibility profiles, molecular epidemiology, and detection of KPC-producing Escherichia coli isolates from the New York City vicinity

David Landman et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Dec.

Abstract

The detection of Enterobacteriaceae carrying the carbapenemase KPC has been problematic. Thirty isolates of KPC-possessing Escherichia coli were gathered from hospitals in New York City and Connecticut. The imipenem, meropenem, doripenem, and ertapenem MIC50 values were 4, 2, 1, and 4 μg/ml, respectively. Over half of the isolates belonged to a single ribotype. Using an ertapenem breakpoint of 0.25 μg/ml would efficiently detect these isolates.

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