Emergence and nosocomial spread of ST11 carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae co-producing OXA-48 and KPC-2 in a regional hospital in Taiwan.

CONCLUSION: The clonal spread of K. pneumoniae ST11 expressing OXA-48, KPC-2 and CTX-M-14 β-lactamases was the cause of an outbreak of CRKP. To the best of our knowledge, a single strain harbouring A-, B- and D-class carbapenemase genes has not previously been identified. There is a high prevalence of plasmid-encoded KPC-2- and OXA-48-producing CRKP in our hospital; most isolates were members of ST11, which may be representative of a high-risk CRKP clone disseminating in central Taiwan. PMID: 29873627 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research