[HTML][HTML] High-Risk Clone of Klebsiella pneumoniae Co-Harbouring Class A and D Carbapenemases in Italy

A Del Rio, N Muresu, G Sotgiu, L Saderi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-Kp) is endemic globally,
causing severe infections in hospitalized patients. Surveillance programs help monitor and …

[HTML][HTML] An Update of the Evolving Epidemic of blaKPC Carrying Klebsiella pneumoniae in Sicily, Italy, 2014: Emergence of Multiple Non-ST258 Clones

C Bonura, M Giuffrè, A Aleo, T Fasciana, F Di Bernardo… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background In Italy, Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase producing K. pneumoniae
(KPC-Kp) strains are highly endemic and KPC producing CC258 is reported as the widely …

Molecular epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a hospital in Madrid: successful establishment of an OXA-48 ST11 clone

P Brañas, J Villa, E Viedma, J Mingorance… - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Here we report a retrospective clinical and molecular study conducted in a tertiary care
facility in southern Madrid, Spain, from January 2009 to February 2014 to investigate the …

Nosocomial transmission of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in an Italian university hospital: a molecular epidemiological study

G Sotgiu, BM Are, L Pesapane, A Palmieri… - Journal of Hospital …, 2018 - Elsevier
Aim To describe the phenotypic and genotypic profiles of Klebsiella pneumoniae
carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae (KPC-Kp) strains isolated from patients with …

Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: Results of a Laboratory Surveillance Program in an Italian General Hospital (August 2014–January 2015) Surveillance of …

C Monari, L Merlini, E Nardelli, M Cacioni… - … Infectious Diseases and …, 2016 - Springer
In this study we report the analysis of 131 Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) clinical
isolates from patients hospitalized in various wards, of Perugia General Hospital, from …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology and biomolecular characterization of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in an Italian hospital

ML Cristina, M Sartini, G Ottria, E Schinca… - Journal of preventive …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective. To describe the occurrence of CRKP infections in a tertiary care hospital and to
analyse the allelic profiles of the clinical strains involved and the most frequent …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in northern Portugal: Predominance of KPC-2 and OXA-48

E Lopes, MJ Saavedra, E Costa, H de Lencastre… - Journal of global …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To provide, for the first time, data on the molecular epidemiology of
carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates from the northern region …

Outbreak of KPC-3-producing ST15 and ST348 Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Portuguese hospital

D Vubil, R Figueiredo, T Reis, C Canha… - Epidemiology & …, 2017 - cambridge.org
To date, only a few sporadic cases of infections due to Klebsiella pneumoniae
carbapenemase (KPC) producers have been reported in Portugal. Here, we report for the …

[HTML][HTML] Polyclonal Endemicity of Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in ICUs of a Greek Tertiary Care Hospital

E Protonotariou, G Meletis, D Pilalas, P Mantzana… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (CPKP) emerged in Greece in 2002 and
became endemic thereafter. Driven by a notable variability in the phenotypic testing results …

[HTML][HTML] Emergence of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Italy

C Fontana, M Favaro, L Sarmati, S Natoli, A Altieri… - BMC research …, 2010 - Springer
Background The emergence of KPC-producing K. pneumoniae has now become a global
concern. KPC beta-lactamases are plasmid-borne and, like extended spectrum beta …