Characterization of Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella oxytoca in Spain, 2016

Characterization of Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella oxytoca in Spain, 2016–2017

Published:2019-06 Issue:6 Volume:63 Page:
ISSN:0066-4804
Container-title:Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
language:en
Short-container-title:Antimicrob Agents Chemother

Author:

Pérez-Vazquez María¹²,Oteo-Iglesias Jesús¹²^ORCID,Sola-Campoy Pedro J.¹,Carrizo-Manzoni Hugo¹³,Bautista Verónica¹²,Lara Noelia¹²,Aracil Belén¹²,Alhambra Almudena⁴,Martínez-Martínez Luis²⁵⁶⁷,Campos José¹²,

Affiliation:

1. Laboratorio de Referencia e Investigación en Resistencia a Antibióticos e Infecciones Relacionadas con la Asistencia Sanitaria, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

2. Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI RD16/0016), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

3. Laboratorio de Bacteriología, Micología y Parasitología, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas Norberto Quirno, Buenos Aires, Argentina

4. Servicio de Microbiología Laboratorio Abacid, Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro, Madrid, Spain

5. Unidad de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain

6. Departamento de Microbiología, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain

7. Instituto Maimonides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Córdoba, Spain

Abstract

There is little information about carbapenemase-producing (CP) Klebsiella oxytoca , an important nosocomial pathogen. We characterized CP K. oxytoca isolates collected from different Spanish hospitals between January 2016 and October 2017.

Funder

MEC | Instituto de Salud Carlos III

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AAC.02529-18

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