Plasmid-mediated KPC-2 in a Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate from China.
Wei ZQ, Du XX, Yu YS, Shen P, Chen YG, Li LJ.
A carbapenem-resistant isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing class A carbapenemase KPC-2 was identified in Zhejiang, China. The KPC-2 gene was located on an approximately 60-kb plasmid in a genetic environment partially different from that of blaKPC-2 in the isolates from the United States and Colombia.