Detection of KPC carbapenem-hydrolyzing enzymes in Enterobacter spp. from Brooklyn, New York

• Main Authors: Bratu, Simona, Landman, David, Alam, Maqsood, Tolentino, Elaine Nicolas, Quale, John
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2005
• Subjects: Enterobacter—Effect of drugs on; Enterobacteriaceae—Effect of drugs on; Drug resistance in microorganisms; Microorganisms—Effect of drugs on; Chemistry; Physical Sciences and Mathematics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/13354
• Institution: De La Salle University

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 carbap...