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Reduced susceptibility to carbapenems in Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates associated with plasmid-mediated β-lactamase production and OmpK36 porin deficiency
12 Aug 2009
Abstract excerpt
Two carbapenem-non-susceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates, Z2554 and Z2110, were collected from a hospital in China and analysed by PFGE. K. pneumoniae Z2554 and Z2110 were genetically unrelated and showed resistance to ertapenem, and reduced susceptibility to imipenem and meropenem. Analysis of their beta-lactamases indicated that K. pneumoniae Z2554 produced TEM-1 and CTX-M-14 beta-lactamases, whilst Z2110...
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