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<p>Four <italic>Klebsiella pneumoniae</italic> isolates from children hospitalized over 10 months in an intensive care unit in a children’s teaching hospital in Poland were analyzed. All of the isolates belonged to a single pulsotype and sequence type (ST) 11, and produced the KPC-2 carbapenemase and extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) CTX-M-15. They were resistant to a variety of antimicrobials, and their β-lactam resistance patterns were typical for KPC producers. This is one of few cases of identification of KPC (or carbapenemase)-producing <italic>K. pneumoniae</italic> in a pediatric center in Poland.</p>
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Four Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from children hospitalized over 10 months in an intensive care unit in a children’s teaching hospital in Poland were analyzed. All of the isolates belonged to a single pulsotype and sequence type (ST) 11, and produced the KPC-2 carbapenemase and extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) CTX-M-15. They were resistant to a variety of antimicrobials, and their β-lactam resistance patterns were typical for KPC producers. This is one of few cases of identification of KPC (or carbapenemase)-producing K. pneumoniae in a pediatric center in Poland.

KPC-2-producing <italic>Klebsiella pneumoniae</italic> ST11 in a Children’s Hospital in Poland

The National Reference Centre for Susceptibility Testing

Polish Journal of Microbiology

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KPC-2-producing  ST11 in a Children’s Hospital in Poland

Four Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from children hospitalized over 10 months in an intensive care unit in a children’s teaching hospital in Poland were...

KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11 in a Children’s Hospital in Poland

Publié en ligne: 27 sept. 2017

Pages: 401 - 404

Reçu: 24 mars 2017

Accepté: 03 avr. 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5604/pjm-2017-401

Mots clés
carbapenemase, epidemiology, KPC-2 producing ST11

© 2017 MONIKA MACHULSKA et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11 in a Children’s Hospital in Poland

Publié en ligne: 27 sept. 2017

Pages: 401 - 404

Reçu: 24 mars 2017

Accepté: 03 avr. 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5604/pjm-2017-401

Mots cléscarbapenemase, epidemiology, KPC-2 producing ST11

© 2017 MONIKA MACHULSKA et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
carbapenemase, epidemiology, KPC-2 producing ST11