Giuseppe
Emeritus
EMERGENCE OF FOUR CASES OF KPC-2 AND KPC-3-CARRYING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INTRODUCED TO SWITZERLAND, 2009?10 (Euro Surveill., abstract, edited)
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 11, 17 March 2011
Rapid communications
EMERGENCE OF FOUR CASES OF KPC-2 AND KPC-3-CARRYING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INTRODUCED TO SWITZERLAND, 2009?10
B Babouee 1, A F Widmer 1, O Dubuis 2, D Ciardo 2, S Droz 3, B Y Betsch 4, C Garzoni 4, U F?hrer 4, M Battegay 1, R Frei 5, D Goldenberger 5
1 Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2 Viollier AG, Basel, Switzerland
3 Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
4 University Clinic for Infectious Diseases, University Hospital and University of Berne, Inselspital, Berne, Switzerland
5 Division of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Citation style for this article: Babouee B, Widmer AF, Dubuis O, Ciardo D, Droz S, Betsch BY, Garzoni C, F?hrer U, Battegay M, Frei R, Goldenberger D. Emergence of four cases of KPC-2 and KPC-3-carrying Klebsiella pneumoniae introduced to Switzerland, 2009?10. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(11)
ii=19817. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19817
Date of submission: 10 March 2011
We report four epidemiologically unrelated cases of KPC-carrying Klebsiella pneumoniae identified in Switzerland between May 2009 and November 2010. Three cases were transferred from Italy (two KPC-3, one KPC-2) and one from Greece (KPC-2). Resistance to colistin and doxycycline emerged in one KPC-3?carrying K. pneumoniae strain during therapy. These results demonstrate ongoing dissemination of KPC throughout Europe. Rapid and reliable identification of KPC and implementation of control measures is essential to limit spread.
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[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 11, 17 March 2011
Rapid communications
EMERGENCE OF FOUR CASES OF KPC-2 AND KPC-3-CARRYING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INTRODUCED TO SWITZERLAND, 2009?10
B Babouee 1, A F Widmer 1, O Dubuis 2, D Ciardo 2, S Droz 3, B Y Betsch 4, C Garzoni 4, U F?hrer 4, M Battegay 1, R Frei 5, D Goldenberger 5
1 Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2 Viollier AG, Basel, Switzerland
3 Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
4 University Clinic for Infectious Diseases, University Hospital and University of Berne, Inselspital, Berne, Switzerland
5 Division of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Citation style for this article: Babouee B, Widmer AF, Dubuis O, Ciardo D, Droz S, Betsch BY, Garzoni C, F?hrer U, Battegay M, Frei R, Goldenberger D. Emergence of four cases of KPC-2 and KPC-3-carrying Klebsiella pneumoniae introduced to Switzerland, 2009?10. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(11)
ii=19817. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19817Date of submission: 10 March 2011
We report four epidemiologically unrelated cases of KPC-carrying Klebsiella pneumoniae identified in Switzerland between May 2009 and November 2010. Three cases were transferred from Italy (two KPC-3, one KPC-2) and one from Greece (KPC-2). Resistance to colistin and doxycycline emerged in one KPC-3?carrying K. pneumoniae strain during therapy. These results demonstrate ongoing dissemination of KPC throughout Europe. Rapid and reliable identification of KPC and implementation of control measures is essential to limit spread.
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