BMC Infectious Diseases (Jan 2019)

Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 isolated from a Japanese patient without a history of foreign travel - a new public health concern in Japan: a case report

  • Yusuke Ainoda,
  • Kotaro Aoki,
  • Yoshikazu Ishii,
  • Kentaro Okuda,
  • Hitomi Furukawa,
  • Ryo Manabe,
  • Toshinori Sahara,
  • Fukumi Nakamura-Uchiyama,
  • Hitomi Kurosu,
  • Yukiko Ando,
  • Maki Fujisawa,
  • Hitomi Hoshino,
  • Hideki Arima,
  • Kenji Ohnishi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3649-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

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Abstract Background Thus far, studies on Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing organisms have only been reported in those with a history of foreign travel, and a specific Japanese KPC-producing isolate has not yet been reported. Case presentation We describe a Japanese patient, with no history of travel to foreign countries, admitted due to aspiration pneumonia, and a KPC-producing isolate detected in his sputum. Fortunately, his pneumonia resolved. His close contacts did not have a history of foreign travel, and the isolate was not detected in other patients. Conclusions The potential for KPC-producing organisms to become endemic in Japan is currently of great concern.

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