Abstract
A blaKPC-9 carbapenemase variant was discovered in isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli from a single patient. It differed from blaKPC-3 by one amino acid substitution (Val239Ala). The K. pneumoniae isolate was typed as ST258, as was the epidemic Israeli KPC-3 clone. blaKPC-9 was found on a plasmid indistinguishable from pKpQIL that carries blaKPC-3 in the epidemic clone. Compared to KPC-3, KPC-9 conferred less resistance to carbapenems and higher resistance to ceftazidime.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6057-6059 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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