Colonizations due to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are a source of antimicrobial resistance transmission in health care settings. Eleven Citro bacter freundii strains producing KPC-3 carbapenemase were isolated from rectal swabs during a 3-year surveillance program. blaKPC-3-carrying plasmids were found to belong to the IncX3 group in 9 of the 11 strains, and complete nucleotide se quences were obtained for 2 of them. Our results highlight the possible role of C. freundii as reservoir of resistance genes.
Circulation of bla_KPC-3-Carrying IncX3 Plasmids among Citrobacter freundii Isolates in an Italian Hospital
Di Caro A
2017-01-01
Abstract
Colonizations due to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are a source of antimicrobial resistance transmission in health care settings. Eleven Citro bacter freundii strains producing KPC-3 carbapenemase were isolated from rectal swabs during a 3-year surveillance program. blaKPC-3-carrying plasmids were found to belong to the IncX3 group in 9 of the 11 strains, and complete nucleotide se quences were obtained for 2 of them. Our results highlight the possible role of C. freundii as reservoir of resistance genes.File in questo prodotto:
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