Detection of KPC Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Enzymes in Enterobacter spp. from Brooklyn, New York

作者：Simona Bratu, David Landman, Maqsood Alam, Elaine Tolentino, John M. Quale · 发表于：Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 年份：2005 · DOI：10.1128/aac.49.2.776-778.2005 · 被引用次数：130 · 研究领域：Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria、Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts、Enterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research

Enterobacter spp. are rarely resistant to carbapenems. In this report, one Enterobacter sp. isolate possessed bla(KPC-3) and two possessed bla(KPC-2). For all three strains, the imipenem MICs were dependent on the inoculum and testing method; two were reported by the clinical laboratories to be carbapenem susceptible. Improved detection methods will be necessary to identify these enzymes.