First clinical case of KPC-3-producing in Europe

Publication

First clinical case of KPC-3-producing in Europe

Journal Paper/Review - Feb 23, 2019

Seiffert S N, Wüthrich D, Gerth Y, Egli A, Kohler Philipp, Nolte O

Citation

Seiffert S, 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.

Type

Journal Paper/Review (English)

Journal

New Microbes New Infect 2019; 29

Publication Date

Feb 23, 2019

Issn Print

2052-2975

Pages

100516

Brief description/objective

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