Abstract
During 6 months, we obtained Enterobacteriaceae isolates from patients with gram-negative bacteremia at a 1,250-bed teaching hospital in St. Louis, MO, and compared carbapenem susceptibilities with the presence of bla KPC, a transferable carbapenemase gene. Three (1.2%) out of 243 isolates were bla KPC positive. Ertapenem nonsusceptibility had a low positive predictive value.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 239-241 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of clinical microbiology |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2009 |
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Marschall, J., Tibbetts, R. J., Dunne, W. M., Frye, J. G., Fraser, V. J., & Warren, D. K. (2009). Presence of the KPC carbapenemase gene in enterobacteriaceae causing bacteremia and its correlation with in vitro carbapenem susceptibility. Journal of clinical microbiology, 47(1), 239-241. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02123-08