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. 2014 Mar;2(2):50-1.
doi: 10.1002/nmi2.42. Epub 2014 Mar 31.

KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, finally targeting Turkey

J Labarca  1 , L Poirel  2 , M Ozdamar  3 , S Turkoglü  3 , E Hakko  4 , P Nordmann  2
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KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, finally targeting Turkey

J Labarca et al. New Microbes New Infect. 2014 Mar.

Abstract

We report here the first identification of the worldwide spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-2-producing and carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae clone ST258 in Turkey, a country where the distantly-related carbapenemase OXA-48 is known to be endemic. Worryingly, this isolate was also resistant to colistin, now considered to be the last-resort antibiotic for carbapenem-resistant isolates.

Keywords: Carbapenemase; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase; ST258; colistin.

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