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Klebsiella pneumoniae co-producing KPC and RmtG, finally targeting Switzerland

Mancini, Stefano ; Poirel, Laurent ; Corthesy, Myriam ; Greub, Gilbert ; Nordmann, Patrice

In: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 2017, p. -

A carbapenem- and pan-aminoglycoside-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strain was isolated from a Brazilian patient hospitalized in a Swiss hospital.The clinical isolate carried genes encoding the KPC-2 carbapenemase and the RmtG 16S rRNA methyltransferase.This is the first report of a carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae producing RmtG in Europe