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Emergence of a Klebsiella pneumoniae ST392 clone harbouring KPC-3 in an Italian transplantation hospital

2017; Elsevier BV; Volume: 98; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jhin.2017.11.019

1532-2939

Giuseppina Di Mento, Nicola Cuscino, Claudia Carcione, Francesca Cardinale, Pier Giulio Conaldi, Bruno Douradinha,

Mycobacterium research and diagnosis

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a Gram-negative bacterium of clinical importance, which colonizes mucosal surfaces and, from there, gains access to other tissues to establish severe infections [1]. Resistance to several antibiotic classes has been reported, making K. pneumoniae an increasing public health concern [1]. During routine surveillance for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae from in-house clinical samples, we identified a K. pneumoniae sequence type (ST) 392 KPC3-producing strain from a patient who underwent a kidney–pancreas transplantation at the Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (IRCCS-ISMETT) and who later suffered an episode of urinary infection.