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Published on: March 10, 2020
First description of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella oxytoca in Brazil
Anna C S Almeida1, Felipe L S Cavalcanti, Willames M B Martins
1Laboratório de Resistência Microbiana, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil. annacalmeida@hotmail.com
Abstract:
The present work reports the detection of the first case of nosocomial Klebsiella oxytoca producing class A carbapenemase KPC-2 in Brazil. The isolate KPN106 carried a 65-kb IncW-type plasmid that harbors the blaKPC gene and Tn4401b. Moreover, we detected the presence of a class 1 integron containing a new allele, arr-8, followed by a 5'-truncated dhfrIIIc gene. In view of the recent results, we emphasize the high variability of the bacterial and genetic hosts of this resistance determinant.

