Affiliation:
1. Division of Infectious Diseases, SUNY-Downstate, Brooklyn, New York
2. Infectious Diseases Section, New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, New York
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The detection of
Enterobacteriaceae
carrying the carbapenemase KPC has been problematic. Thirty isolates of KPC-possessing
Escherichia coli
were gathered from hospitals in New York City and Connecticut. The imipenem, meropenem, doripenem, and ertapenem MIC
50
values were 4, 2, 1, and 4 μg/ml, respectively. Over half of the isolates belonged to a single ribotype. Using an ertapenem breakpoint of 0.25 μg/ml would efficiently detect these isolates.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
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