Is the monoclonal spread of the ST258, KPC-3-producing clone being replaced in southern Italy by the dissemination of multiple clones of carbapenem nonsusceptible, KPC-3-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae?
- Authors: Geraci,DM; Bonura,C; Giuffrè,M; Saporito,L; Graziano,G; Aleo,A; Fasciana,T; Di Bernardo,F; Stampone,T;Palma,DM; Mammina C
- Publication year: 2015
- Type: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/103634
Abstract
Spread of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae has been identified as an issue of serious worldwide concern from clinical and public health perspectives. Italy is an country endemic for and a reservoir of K. pneumoniae carbapenemases (KPC). Nineteen isolates of CR-Kp from 16 different patients admitted in two hospital of Palermo in the period April-May 2014 were studied. Seven of 16 isolates belonged to ST307, six to ST258 and three to ST273. All isolates were KPC-3 producers. Our data emphasize the increasing difficulties in controlling the spread of KPC-Kp