First outbreak of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 258 in a hospital in South Korea

J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Nov;51(11):3877-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01730-13. Epub 2013 Sep 4.

Abstract

In this study, we report the first outbreak of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from three patients admitted to a neurosurgery department in a South Korean teaching hospital. Multilocus sequence typing showed that the isolates were identical to the previous KPC producers in South Korea and other countries, suggesting clonal spread.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Genotype
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Klebsiella Infections / epidemiology*
  • Klebsiella Infections / microbiology*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / classification
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing
  • Republic of Korea / epidemiology
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • beta-Lactamases
  • beta-lactamase KPC-2, Klebsiella pneumoniae