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Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
; 88(3): 287-289, 2017 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28442305
ABSTRACT
The horizontal transfer of a plasmid bearing the blaKPC-2 gene from K. pneumoniae to E. cloacae infecting the respiratory tract of a patient during meropenem therapy was elucidated. This finding is particularly worrisome, since these drugs are of last resort for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens.