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Euro Surveill. Possible importation and subsequent cross-transmission of OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumonia, France, 2010

Giuseppe

Emeritus
Possible importation and subsequent cross-transmission of OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumonia, France, 2010 (Euro Surveill., abstract, edited)


[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: <cite cite="http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19718">Eurosurveillance - View Article</cite>. Abstract, edited.]

Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 46, 18 November 2010

Rapid communications

Possible importation and subsequent cross-transmission of OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumonia, France, 2010

D Decre 1,2, G Birgand 3, D Geneste 2, E Maury 4, J C Petit 1, F Barbut 3, G Arlet 2

1. Assistance Publique-H?pitaux de Paris, Microbiology, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Paris, France
2. University Pierre and Marie Curie, ER8 Antibiotiques et Flore digestive, Paris VI, France
3. Assistance Publique-H?pitaux de Paris, Unit? d?Hygi?ne et de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Paris, France
4. Assistance Publique-H?pitaux de Paris, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Paris, France

Citation style for this article: Decre D, Birgand G, Geneste D, Maury E, Petit JC, Barbut F, Arlet G. Possible importation and subsequent cross-transmission of OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumonia, France, 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(46):pii=19718. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19718

Date of submission: 21 October 2010


We report the possible first patient-to-patient transmission of Klebsiella pneumoniae with decreased susceptibility to imipenem and producing OXA-48, CTX-M15, TEM-1 and OXA-1 in a French hospital.

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