Genesis of a KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae after in vivo transfer from an imported Greek strain

F Barbier; E Ruppé; P Giakkoupi; L Wildenberg; J C Lucet; A Vatopoulos; M Wolff; A Andremont

doi:10.2807/ese.15.01.19457-en

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Genesis of a KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae after in vivo transfer from an imported Greek strain
F Barbier^1,2,3 , E Ruppé^1,3 , P Giakkoupi⁴ , L Wildenberg¹ , J C Lucet⁵ , A Vatopoulos⁴ , M Wolff² , A Andremont¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Bacteriology, EA3964 and National Reference Centre for Antimicrobial Resistances in Commensal Flora, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital (Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris) and Paris-7 University, Paris, France ² Medical Intensive Care Unit, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital (Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris) and Paris-7 University, Paris, France ³ These authors contributed equally to this work ⁴ Department of Microbiology, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece ⁵ Infection Control Unit, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital (Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris) and Paris-7 University, Paris, France

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Citation style for this article: Barbier F, Ruppé E, Giakkoupi P, Wildenberg L, Lucet J C, Vatopoulos A, Wolff M, Andremont A. Genesis of a KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae after in vivo transfer from an imported Greek strain. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(1):pii=19457. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.15.01.19457-en Received: 09 Dec 2009

Abstract

We document here the in vivo transfer of blaKPC-2 between intensive care unit-acquired and a commensal strain of K. pneumoniae in a French patient after his repatriation from Greece. This first report of in vivo transfer of a blaKPC-2 between two K. pneumoniae strains raises further concerns about the spread of carbapenem resistance among Enterobacteriaceae.