Klebsiella pneumoniae
isolates from three patients admitted to the Ottawa Hospital, a 1,040-bed teaching hospital, were found to contain the plasmid-borne
K. pneumoniae
carbapenemase (KPC)-producing
bla
gene (
bla
KPC
)
.
There was evidence of person-to-person transmission for two patients. Screening of 186 clinical isolates revealed no additional
bla
KPC
-containing isolates.
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