Colistin-resistant KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST423 harboring an IS5-like element in the mgrB gene isolated from cerebrospinal fluid.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis

Laboratório de Resistência Microbiana, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Pernambuco - Rua Arnóbio Marques, 310. Santo Amaro, 50100-130, Recife, Brasil. Electronic address:

Published: June 2018

We describe colistin-resistant KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from cerebrospinal fluid, belonging to ST423, selected during treatment for neuroinfection. Colistin resistance was related to mgrB gene interruption by an IS5-like.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2018.01.022DOI Listing

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