Detection of KPC carbapenem-hydrolyzing enzymes in Enterobacter spp. from Brooklyn, New York

Simona Bratu; David Landman; Maqsood Alam; Elaine Tolentino; John Quale

doi:10.1128/AAC.49.2.776-778.2005

Detection of KPC carbapenem-hydrolyzing enzymes in Enterobacter spp. from Brooklyn, New York

Simona Bratu
, David Landman
, Maqsood Alam
, Elaine Tolentino
, John Quale

Medicine

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

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Abstract

Enterobacter spp. are rarely resistant to carbapenems. In this report, one Enterobacter sp. isolate possessed bla_KPC-3 and two possessed bla_KPC-2. For all three strains, the imipenem MICs were dependent on the inoculum and testing method; two were reported by the clinical laboratories to be carbapenem susceptible. Improved detection methods will be necessary to identify these enzymes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	776-778
Number of pages	3
Journal	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Volume	49
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.49.2.776-778.2005
State	Published - Feb 2005

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