Regional outbreak of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Jan;44(1):96-98. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.394. Epub 2021 Oct 1.

Abstract

Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing P. aeruginosa (KPC-CRPA) are rare in the United States. An outbreak of KPC-CRPA was investigated in Texas using molecular and epidemiologic methods and 17 cases of KPC-CRPA were identified. The isolates were genetically related and harbored the emerging P. aeruginosa multilocus sequence type 235, the first in the United States.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Humans
  • Klebsiella Infections* / epidemiology
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae* / genetics
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics

Substances

  • carbapenemase
  • beta-Lactamases
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents