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ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
Volume 50, Issue 9, Pages 3098-3101Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00438-06
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Carbapenem resistance in Escherichia coli is rare. We report four genetically unrelated carbapenem-resistant E. coli isolates cultured from four patients hospitalized in Tel Aviv Medical Center. PCR, sequencing, and Southern blot analysis identified KPC-2 as the imipenem-hydrolyzing enzyme in all four strains, carried on different plasmids with a possible common origin. This is the first discovery of KPC-2 in E. coli and the first report of this enzyme originating outside the United States.
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