2018
DOI: 10.1155/2018/5745708
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A Case of Biliary Tract Infection Caused by KPC-2-ProducingKluyvera ascorbata

Abstract: Kluyvera spp. can cause various infections. However, carbapenemase-producing Kluyvera spp. has not been previously reported. We report a case of biliary tract infection caused by KPC-2-producing K. ascorbata in a 13-year-old female. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on infection caused by carbapenemase-producing Kluyvera spp.

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“…Based on a report of AMR in Kluyvera -related species, bla GES-5 positive, carbapenem-resistant K. intermedia were isolated from a hospital environment ( Ribeiro et al, 2014 ). Further, KPC-2-producing K. ascorbata has been reported in a case of biliary tract infection ( Wang et al, 2018 ). A K. ascorbata isolate positive for the colistin resistance gene, mcr-1 , was identified from hospital sewage in China ( Zhao and Zong, 2016 ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Based on a report of AMR in Kluyvera -related species, bla GES-5 positive, carbapenem-resistant K. intermedia were isolated from a hospital environment ( Ribeiro et al, 2014 ). Further, KPC-2-producing K. ascorbata has been reported in a case of biliary tract infection ( Wang et al, 2018 ). A K. ascorbata isolate positive for the colistin resistance gene, mcr-1 , was identified from hospital sewage in China ( Zhao and Zong, 2016 ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, KPC-2-producing K. ascorbata has only been isolated once, from a rectal swab in a surveillance study in Israel 12 and once in China from a patient's biliary drainage. 13 We suggest that the carbapenemsusceptible K. ascorbata recovered in the fourth CT-guided drainage procedure could be related to a different clone or a heteroresistance event, but we cannot confirm this hypothesis. As far as we know, this is the first report of a KPC-2-carrying plasmid transference from a multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST 437 to a Kluyvera ascorbata during abdominal infection.…”
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“…Kluyvera species have been described as opportunistic etiological microorganisms of adult clinical infections (23,24). Moreover, carbapenemase production has been scarcely reported among these isolates and only in relation to KPC-2 and GES-5 genes (25,26). For our isolates, bacterial identification to the genus level was achieved by mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing, but these methods were not conclusive at the species level.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%