Plasmid-mediated carbapenem-hydrolysing β-lactamase KPC-2 in a Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate from Switzerland

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2011 Mar;66(3):675-6. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkq499. Epub 2010 Dec 29.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / metabolism*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Carbapenems / metabolism*
  • Carbapenems / pharmacology
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Klebsiella Infections / microbiology*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Plasmids*
  • Switzerland
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Carbapenems
  • beta-lactamase KPC-2
  • beta-Lactamases