Molecular Characterization of Newly Emerged blaKPC-2-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Singapore

Molecular characterization of newly emerged blaKPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Singapore.

In Asia, bla(KPC) detection has been limited to East Asia and not yet seen in Southeast Asia. We report four bla(KPC-2)-containing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from two different hospitals in Singapore. All isolates belonged to strain type 11 (ST11) and were indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). bla(KPC-2) was located on nonconjugative plasmids and flanked by mobile ge...

Kidney transplant recipients infected with blaKPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteria in Hospital, Singapore

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OXA-181-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae establishing in Singapore

BACKGROUND Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae are becoming a major public health concern globally, however, relatively little is known about the molecular and clinical epidemiology of these organisms in many parts of the world. METHODS As part of a laboratory surveillance programme, 96 carbapenem non-susceptible Enterobacteriaceae isolates from clinical samples from patients in seven ...

Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

The continuing emergence of infections due to multidrug resistant bacteria is a serious public health problem. Klebsiella pneumoniae, which commonly acquires resistance encoded on mobile genetic elements, including ones that encode carbapenemases, is a prime example. K. pneumoniae carrying such genetic material, including both blaKPC and genes encoding metallo-β-lactamases, have spread globally...