Emergence of four cases of KPC-2 and KPC-3-carrying Klebsiella pneumoniae introduced to Switzerland, 2009-10.
- Babouee B Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
- Widmer AF
- Dubuis O
- Ciardo D
- Droz S
- Betsch BY
- Garzoni C
- Führer U
- Battegay M
- Frei R
- Goldenberger D
- 2011-03-26
Published in:
- Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin. - 2011
Aged
Bacterial Proteins
Disease Outbreaks
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Female
Greece
Humans
Italy
Klebsiella Infections
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Species Specificity
Switzerland
Treatment Outcome
beta-Lactamases
English
We report four epidemiologically unrelated cases of KPC-carrying Klebsiella pneumoniae identified in Switzerland between May 2009 and November 2010. Three cases were transferred from Italy (two KPC-3, one KPC-2) and one from Greece (KPC-2). Resistance to colistin and doxycycline emerged in one KPC-3-carrying K. pneumoniae strain during therapy. These results demonstrate ongoing dissemination of KPC throughout Europe. Rapid and reliable identification of KPC and implementation of control measures is essential to limit spread.
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- English
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- DOI 10.2807/ese.16.11.19817-en
- PMID 21435328
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/9712
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