<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>We report first description of clinical cases of OXA-48 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae originating from patients hospitalized in the most important Infectious Diseases Hospital from Romania, between December 2012 and March 2013. All strains were isolated from patients who were previously admitted in surgical wards. None of the patients had been admitted in a hospital outside of Romania.</p></abstract>

We report first description of clinical cases of OXA-48 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae originating from patients hospitalized in the most important Infectious Diseases Hospital from Romania, between December 2012 and March 2013. All strains were isolated from patients who were previously admitted in surgical wards. None of the patients had been admitted in a hospital outside of Romania.

OXA-48-Carbapenemase-Producing <italic>Klebsiella pneumoniae</italic> infections - the first cases diagnosed in Romanian National Institute of Infectious Diseases

„Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest,

„Matei Balș” National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Bucharest,

Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Vienna,

Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Graz,

Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Vienna,

Revista Romana de Medicina de Laborator

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OXA-48-Carbapenemase-Producing  infections - the first cases diagnosed in Romanian National Institute of Infectious Diseases

We report first description of clinical cases of OXA-48 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae originating from patients hospitalized in the most...

OXA-48-Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infections - the first cases diagnosed in Romanian National Institute of Infectious Diseases

Published Online: Feb 18, 2017

Page range: 55 - 61

Received: Oct 28, 2016

Accepted: Jan 14, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rrlm-2017-0006

Keywords
Klebsiella pneumoniae, OXA-48 carbapenemase, ESBL, risk factors for resistance

© 2017 Cristina Popescu et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

OXA-48-Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infections - the first cases diagnosed in Romanian National Institute of Infectious Diseases

Published Online: Feb 18, 2017

Page range: 55 - 61

Received: Oct 28, 2016

Accepted: Jan 14, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rrlm-2017-0006

KeywordsKlebsiella pneumoniae, OXA-48 carbapenemase, ESBL, risk factors for resistance

© 2017 Cristina Popescu et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Klebsiella pneumoniae, OXA-48 carbapenemase, ESBL, risk factors for resistance