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. 2012 Jan;72(1):109-12.
doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.09.019. Epub 2011 Nov 10.

Emergence in Japan of an imipenem-susceptible, meropenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying blaIMP-6

Norifumi Shigemoto  1 , Ryuichi Kuwahara, Shizuo Kayama, Wataru Shimizu, Makoto Onodera, Michiya Yokozaki, Junzo Hisatsune, Fuminori Kato, Hiroki Ohge, Motoyuki Sugai
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Emergence in Japan of an imipenem-susceptible, meropenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying blaIMP-6

Norifumi Shigemoto et al. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012 Jan.

Abstract

We identified 5 Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates showing high resistance to β-lactams except imipenem and designated them ISMRK (imipenem-susceptible but meropenem-resistant Klebsiella). They carried the bla(IMP-6) and bla(CTX-M-2) on a self-transmissible plasmid. ISMRK may be falsely categorized as susceptible to carbapenems if imipenem is used to screen carbapenem resistance.

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