Emergence and clonal spread of KPC-2-producing clinical isolates in a hospital from northwest Argentina.

is a nosocomial pathogen associated with drug resistance and healthcare-associated infections. is associated with hospital-acquired infections with the ability to acquire mechanisms of resistance to reserve antimicrobials; its clinical behaviour has been poorly documented. We proposed to investigate an outbreak of carbapenem-resistant in a hospital that persisted for 4 months.

Novel patterns in the molecular epidemiology of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Tucumán, Argentina.

Background: In Argentina, there has been an abrupt increase in KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae). Tucumán is a multi-border area, so the rapid dissemination of carbapenem-resistant K.

[First case of meningitis by Streptococcus suis in the norwest area of Argentina].

Streptococcus suis causes meningitis, bacteremia, endocarditis, endophthalmitis, artrithis and toxic shock in both pigs and human beings. The incidence of this pathogen is increasing worldwide. A case of 54 years old men from a rural zone of Tucumán, Argentina with two days of headache, vomit and photophobia was admitted septic, with purulent meningitis.