First clinical cases of OXA-48-producing carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in the United States: the "menace" arrives in the new world.

PMID: 231752482013United States|Saudi Arabia|India

Key Findings

The study reports the first clinical cases of OXA-48-producing carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in the United States, highlighting the emergence of OXA-48 and OXA-181 as significant carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae.

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AMR Genes

Gene Name	Alleles	Encodes	Confers Resistance To	Organisms	Database	Validation Status
blaOXA	2	carbapenemase	Carbapenem	Klebsiella pneumoniae	Reslit	-

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First clinical cases of OXA-48-producing carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in the United States: the "menace" arrives in the new world.

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