Emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae co-producing NDM-type and OXA-181 carbapenemases
- Balm, M.N.D.
- La, M.-V.
- Krishnan, P.
- Jureen, R.
- Lin, R.T.P.
- Teo, J.W.P.
Publication date
September 2013
DOI Publisher
European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd.Abstract
AbstractThe emergence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae is a rapidly evolving threat worldwide. Here, we report the molecular characterization of two Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates carrying both blaOXA-181 and blaNDM-1 or blaNDM-5 isolated from epidemiologically unrelated patients in Singapore. The blaOXA-181 genes were found existing in different genetic environments
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