Nosocomial spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates producing bla GES-4 carbapenemase at a Japanese hospital

• Published in: Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 40
• Main Authors: Yamasaki, Katsutoshi, Komatsu, Masaru, Ono, Tamotsu, Nishio, Hisaaki, Sueyoshi, Noriyuki, Kida, Kaneyuki, Satoh, Kaori, Toda, Hirofumi, Nishi, Isao, Akagi, Masahiro, Mizutani, Tetsu, Nakai, Isako, Kofuku, Tomomi, Orita, Tamaki, Zikimoto, Takuya, Nakamura, Tatsuya, Wada, Yasunao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Bacterial Proteins - metabolism; beta-Lactamases - metabolism; Cephalosporins - metabolism; Cross Infection - microbiology; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field - methods; Female; Hospitals; Humans; Japan; Klebsiella Infections - microbiology; Klebsiella pneumoniae - isolation & purification; Klebsiella pneumoniae - metabolism; Male; Middle Aged; Plasmids - metabolism; GES-4; Carbapenemases; Nosocomial spread

Six Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates resistant to various cephalosporins and cephamycins were identified in a Japanese general hospital, a tertiary care hospital, between November 2009 and April 2010. All K. pneumoniae isolates carried bla and bla , while 2 K. pneumoniae isolates also harbore...