TY - JOUR
T1 - Is the monoclonal spread of the ST258, KPC-3-producing clone being replaced in southern Italy by the dissemination of multiple clones of carbapenem nonsusceptible, KPC-3-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae?
AU - Fasciana, Teresa Maria Assunta
AU - Bonura, Celestino
AU - Giuffre, Mario
AU - Geraci, Daniela Maria
AU - Saporito, Laura
AU - Mammina, Caterina
AU - Di Bernardo, Francesca
AU - Palma, null
AU - Stampone, null
AU - Aleo, Aurora
AU - Graziano, Giorgio
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Spread of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae has been identified as an issue of serious worldwide concern fromclinical and public health perspectives. Italy is an country endemic for and a reservoir of K. pneumoniae carbapenemases (KPC). Nineteen isolates of CR-Kp from 16 different patients admitted in two hospital of Palermo in the period April-May 2014 were studied. Seven of 16 isolates belonged to ST307, six to ST258 and three to ST273. All isolates were KPC-3 producers. Our data emphasize the increasing difficulties in controlling the spread of KPC-Kp
AB - Spread of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae has been identified as an issue of serious worldwide concern fromclinical and public health perspectives. Italy is an country endemic for and a reservoir of K. pneumoniae carbapenemases (KPC). Nineteen isolates of CR-Kp from 16 different patients admitted in two hospital of Palermo in the period April-May 2014 were studied. Seven of 16 isolates belonged to ST307, six to ST258 and three to ST273. All isolates were KPC-3 producers. Our data emphasize the increasing difficulties in controlling the spread of KPC-Kp
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/103634
M3 - Article
SN - 1198-743X
VL - 21
SP - 15
EP - 17
JO - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
JF - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
ER -