Short communication
OXA-48-Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infections - the first cases diagnosed in Romanian National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Cristina Popescu, Gabriel Adrian Popescu, Olga Dorobăț, Alexandru Rafila, Diana Tănase, Claudia Mikula, Gudrun Weissensteiner, Steliana Huhulescu
Abstract: We report first description of clinical cases of OXA-48 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae originating from patients hospitalized in the most important Infectious Diseases Hospital from Romania, between December 2012 and March 2013. All strains were isolated from patients who were previously admitted in surgical wards. None of the patients had been admitted in a hospital outside of Romania.
Keywords: Klebsiella pneumoniae; OXA-48 carbapenemase;ESBL; risk factors for resistance
Received: 28.10.2016
Accepted: 14.1.2017
Published: 15.1.2017
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