First isolations of KPC-2-carrying ST258 Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Finland, June and August 2009

M Österblad; J Kirveskari; S Koskela; P Tissari; K Vuorenoja; A J Hakanen; M Vaara; J Jalava

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First isolations of KPC-2-carrying ST258 Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Finland, June and August 2009
M Österblad¹ , J Kirveskari² , S Koskela² , P Tissari² , K Vuorenoja¹ , A J Hakanen¹ , M Vaara² , J Jalava¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Antimicrobial Resistance Unit, Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku Finland ² Department of Bacteriology, Helsinki University Hospital Laboratory (HUSLAB), Helsinki, Finland

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Citation style for this article: Österblad M, Kirveskari J, Koskela S, Tissari P, Vuorenoja K, Hakanen A J, Vaara M, Jalava J. First isolations of KPC-2-carrying ST258 Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Finland, June and August 2009. Euro Surveill. 2009;14(40):pii=19349. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.14.40.19349-en Received: 25 Sept 2009

Abstract

The first two Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing (KPC) type 2 strains carrying ST258 were detected in Finland in June and early August 2009. They were found colonising two patients transferred from the Mediterranean; one patient referred from a hospital in Greece where isolates were first found in 2007 and another from Italy where the first isolates have been described only very recently.