Giacobbe Daniele Roberto, Del Bono Valerio, Coppo Erika, Marchese Anna, Viscoli Claudio
1Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS San Martino University Hospital-IST, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
2Microbiology Unit DISC, IRCCS San Martino University Hospital-IST, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Microb Drug Resist. 2015 Jun;21(3):342-4. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2014.0230. Epub 2014 Dec 16.
The spread of carbapenem-resistant gram negatives is a global emergency, and surveillance of new resistant clones is critical from both public health and clinical standpoints. Herein, we describe the emergence of a KPC-3-producing Escherichia coli ST69 as a cause of bloodstream infection in two Italian patients.