Plasmid-mediated carbapenem-hydrolyzing enzyme KPC-2 in an Enterobacter sp.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
; 48(11): 4438-40, 2004 Nov.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15504876
ABSTRACT
A strain of an Enterobacter sp. with reduced susceptibility to imipenem, which produced a plasmid-mediated class A carbapenem-hydrolyzing enzyme, KPC-2 beta-lactamase, was isolated from a patient with sepsis at a Boston hospital. This is the first report of the production of a plasmid-encoded KPC-2 beta-lactamase by an Enterobacter sp.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Plasmids
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Beta-Lactamases
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Carbapenems
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Enterobacter
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
Year:
2004
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States