A Long-Term Low-Frequency Hospital Outbreak of KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Involving Intergenus Plasmid Diffusion and a Persisting Environmental Reservoir

Dissemination ofblaKPC-2by the Spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae Clonal Complex 258 Clones (ST258, ST11, ST437) and Plasmids (IncFII, IncN, IncL/M) among Enterobacteriaceae Species in Brazil

(2011) Leonardo Neves Andrade et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Functional Characterization of Tn4401, a Tn3-Based Transposon Involved inblaKPCGene Mobilization

(2011) Gaelle Cuzon et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Molecular Characteristics of KPC-Producing Enterobacteriaceae at the Early Stage of Their Dissemination in Poland, 2008–2009

(2011) Anna Baraniak et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Plasmids in Gram negatives: Molecular typing of resistance plasmids

(2011) Alessandra Carattoli   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Plasmid comparison and molecular analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae harbouring blaKPC from New York City and Toronto

(2011) L. F. Mataseje et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Transfer of an Escherichia coli ST131 multiresistance cassette has created a Klebsiella pneumoniae-specific plasmid associated with a major nosocomial outbreak

(2011) Linus Sandegren et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Molecular Dissection of an Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Reveals Intergenus KPC Carbapenemase Transmission through a Promiscuous Plasmid

(2011) A. J. Mathers et al.   mBio

First outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing K. pneumoniae in Germany

(2010) C. Wendt et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Emergence of blaKPC-3-Tn4401a associated with a pKPN3/4-like plasmid within ST384 and ST388 Klebsiella pneumoniae clones in Spain

(2010) T. Curiao et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Complete nucleotide sequence of the IncN plasmid pKOX105 encoding VIM-1, QnrS1 and SHV-12 proteins in Enterobacteriaceae from Bolzano, Italy compared with IncN plasmids encoding KPC enzymes in the USA

(2010) A. Carattoli et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Risk Factors and Outcomes Associated with Acquisition of Colistin-Resistant KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: a Matched Case-Control Study

(2010) O. Zarkotou et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular Epidemiology of KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates in the United States: Clonal Expansion of Multilocus Sequence Type 258

(2009) B. Kitchel et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Resistance Plasmid Families in Enterobacteriaceae

(2009) A. Carattoli   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Interspecies Spread ofKlebsiella pneumoniaeCarbapenemase Gene in a Single Patient

(2009) Hanna E. Sidjabat et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

An Outbreak of Infection due to β‐LactamaseKlebsiella pneumoniaeCarbapenemase 2–ProducingK. pneumoniaein a Greek University Hospital: Molecular Characterization, Epidemiology, and Outcomes

(2009) Maria Souli et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Carbapenem Resistance Among Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates Risk Factors, Molecular Characteristics, and Susceptibility Patterns

(2009) Khetam Hussein et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Plasmid pKpQIL encoding KPC-3 and TEM-1 confers carbapenem resistance in an extremely drug-resistant epidemic Klebsiella pneumoniae strain

(2009) A. Leavitt et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Emergence of clonally related Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates of sequence type 258 producing plasmid-mediated KPC carbapenemase in Norway and Sweden

(2009) O. Samuelsen et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Eradication of an extensive outbreak in a neonatal unit caused by two sequential Klebsiella pneumoniae clones harbouring related plasmids encoding an extended-spectrum β-lactamase

(2009) C. Velasco et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

The real threat of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing bacteria

(2009) Patrice Nordmann et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

KPC-2-Producing Enterobacter cloacae and Pseudomonas putida Coinfection in a Liver Transplant Recipient

(2008) J. W. Bennett et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Genetic and Structural Insights into the Dissemination Potential of the Extremely Broad-Spectrum Class A  -Lactamase KPC-2 Identified in an Escherichia coli Strain and an Enterobacter cloacae Strain Isolated from the Same Patient in France

(2008) S. Petrella et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Emergence of Serratia marcescens, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Escherichia coli Isolates Possessing the Plasmid-Mediated Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing  -Lactamase KPC-2 in Intensive Care Units of a Chinese Hospital

(2008) J. C. Cai et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Use of Active Surveillance Cultures to Detect Asymptomatic Colonization With Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Intensive Care Unit Patients

(2008) David Calfee et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Colonization and Infection Secondary to Imperfect Intensive Care Unit Room Design

(2008) Susy Hota et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Detection of the Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase Type 2 Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Enzyme in Clinical Isolates of Citrobacter freundii and K. oxytoca Carrying a Common Plasmid

(2008) J. K. Rasheed et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid Detection of blaKPC Carbapenemase Genes by Real-Time PCR

(2008) M. Hindiyeh et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY