In:
Eurosurveillance, European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC), Vol. 25, No. 3 ( 2020-01-23)
Abstract:
From September to October 2019, seven patients colonised or infected with a ceftazidime-avibactam (CZA)-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-2-producing K. pneumoniae were detected in two intensive care units of a Greek general hospital. The outbreak strain was sequence type (ST)147 and co-produced KPC-2 and the novel plasmid-borne Vietnamese extended-spectrum β-lactamase (VEB)-25 harbouring a K234R substitution associated with CZA resistance. Epidemiological investigations revealed that the resistance was probably acquired by horizontal transmission independently from previous CZA exposure.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1560-7917
DOI:
10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.3.2000028
Language:
English
Publisher:
European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)
Publication Date:
2020
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2059112-3
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