Spread of OXA-48-Positive carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Istanbul, Turkey
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, vol.52, no.8, pp.2950-2954, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 52 Issue: 8
- Publication Date: 2008
- Doi Number: 10.1128/aac.01672-07
- Journal Name: ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.2950-2954
- Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
The first outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates producing the plasmid-encoded carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinase OXA-48 is reported. The 39 isolates belonged to two different clones and were collected at the University Hospital of Istanbul, Turkey, from May 2006 to February 2007, and they coproduced various beta-lactamases (SHV-12, OXA-9, and TEM-1 for clone A and CTX-M-15, TEM-1, and OXA-1 for clone B).