Colonizations due to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are a source of antimicrobial resistance transmission in health care settings. Eleven Citrobacter freundii strains producing KPC-3 carbapenemase were isolated from rectal swabs during a 3-year surveillance program. blaKPC-3-carrying plasmids were found to belong to the IncX3 group in 9 of the 11 strains, and complete nucleotide sequences were obtained for 2 of them. Our results highlight the possible role of C. freundii as reservoir of resistance genes. © 2017 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Circulation of blaKPC-3-carrying IncX3 plasmids among Citrobacter freundii isolates in an Italian Hospital / Venditti, C; Fortini, D; Villa, L; Vulcano, A; D’Arezzo, S; Capone, A; Petrosillo, N; Nisii, C; Carattoli, A; Di Caro, A.. - In: ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY. - ISSN 0066-4804. - 61:8(2017). [10.1128/AAC.00505-17]
Circulation of blaKPC-3-carrying IncX3 plasmids among Citrobacter freundii isolates in an Italian Hospital
Carattoli A;
2017
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Colonizations due to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are a source of antimicrobial resistance transmission in health care settings. Eleven Citrobacter freundii strains producing KPC-3 carbapenemase were isolated from rectal swabs during a 3-year surveillance program. blaKPC-3-carrying plasmids were found to belong to the IncX3 group in 9 of the 11 strains, and complete nucleotide sequences were obtained for 2 of them. Our results highlight the possible role of C. freundii as reservoir of resistance genes. © 2017 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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