Université de Fribourg

Emergence of an MDR Klebsiella pneumoniae ST231 producing OXA-232 and RmtF in Switzerland

Mancini, Stefano ; Poirel, Laurent ; Tritten, Marie-Lise ; Lienhard, Reto ; Bassi, Cécile ; Nordmann, Patrice

In: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2017, p. -

The increasing incidence of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is a major challenge to public health. Despite the fact that the prevalence of carbapenemases among carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae varies geographically, the incidence of OXA-48-like enzymes has soared in recent years and is particularly high in some European countries, such as Spain and France (74% and 78% among ...