Infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing isolates pose a major worldwide public health problem today.



Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase
An additional PCR using plasmid DNA confirmed that bla KPC-2 was present in one of these plasmids.



PCR
DNA sequencing analysis revealed the presence of bla KPC-2 and bla TEM-1 genes. 
DNA sequencing analysis