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Title

Detection of KPC-2-producing Citrobacter freundii isolates in Spain.

Authors

Gómez-Gil, María Rosa; Paño-Pardo, José Ramón; Romero-Gómez, María Pilar; Gasior, Mercedes; Lorenzo, María; Quiles, Inmaculada; Mingorance, Jesús

Abstract

The article discusses the detection of three clonally related Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing clinical isolates of Citrobacter freundii in a hospital during late 2009 and early 2010. The isolates were detected from a young male patient who underwent an allogeneic bone marrow transplant and an elderly diabetic outpatient with end-stage renal disease on peritoneal dialysis. The isolates are resistant to various antibiotics including penicillins, cephalosphorins and cefoxitin.

Subjects

CARBAPENEMS; KLEBSIELLA pneumoniae; CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ANTIBIOTICS; ANTI-infective agents; DRUG resistance in microorganisms

Publication

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (JAC), 2010, Vol 65, Issue 12, p2695

ISSN

0305-7453

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1093/jac/dkq352