First clinical case of KPC-3-producing in Europe
S N Seiffert, D Wüthrich, Y Gerth, A Egli, Philipp Kohler & O Nolte
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abstract
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is a newly emerging human pathogen. We describe a case of
bloodstream infection in an immunocompromised patient. The pathogen
was repeatedly isolated from blood and one rectal swab, and was
identified using routine standard procedures. Further investigations
revealed that the was multidrug resistant, carrying a plasmid
harbouring a carbapenemase (KPC)-3 carbapenemase gene. This plasmid
has been frequently encountered in isolates in Europe but has never
been described in
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citation
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Seiffert S N, Wüthrich D, Gerth Y, Egli A, Kohler P, Nolte O. First
clinical case of KPC-3-producing in Europe. New Microbes New Infect
2019; 29:100516.
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type
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journal paper/review (English)
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date of publishing
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23-02-2019
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journal title
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New Microbes New Infect (29)
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ISSN print
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2052-2975
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pages
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100516
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PubMed
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30949345
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DOI
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10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100516
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