Interspecies spread of klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase gene in a single patient

Abstract

Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing K. pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and Serratia marcescens were sequentially identified in a patient who underwent small bowel transplantation. Molecular typing and plasmid analysis suggested that the KPC gene was acquired by E. coli, most likely from K. pneumoniae, and was subsequently transferred to S. marcescens. © 2009 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.