Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (Jan 2013)

The first report of infection with Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying the bla kpc gene in State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

  • Marilene Rodrigues Chang,
  • Camila Arguelo Biberg,
  • Fernando Aguilar Lopes,
  • Andyane Freitas Tetila,
  • Antonio Carlos Campos Pignatari

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-868215502013
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 46, no. 1
pp. 114 – 115

Abstract

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The increased frequency and dissemination of enterobacteria resistant to various antimicrobials is currently worldwide concern. In January 2010, a 94-year-old patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia was admitted to the University Hospital. This patient died 21 days after hospitalization due to the clinical worsening. Klebsiella pneumoniae producing of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) was isolated of urine culture. This bacterium demonstrated resistance to ceftazidime, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, ertapenem and imipenem. Susceptibility to cefoxitin, cefepime, meropenem, colistin and tigecycline. This study reports the first case of infection by Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying the bla kpc gene in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

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