TY - JOUR AU - Goren, Moran G. AU - Carmeli, Yehuda AU - Schwaber, Mitchell J. AU - Chmelnitsky, Inna AU - Schechner, Vered AU - Navon-Venezia, Shiri T1 - Transfer of Carbapenem-Resistant Plasmid from Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 to Escherichia coli in Patient T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2010 VL - 16 IS - 6 SP - 1014 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) 3–producing Escherichia coli was isolated from a carrier of KPC-3–producing K. pneumoniae. The KPC-3 plasmid was identical in isolates of both species. The patient's gut flora contained a carbapenem-susceptible E. coli strain isogenic with the KPC-3–producing isolate, which suggests horizontal interspecies plasmid transfer. KW - Horizontal gene transfer KW - carbapenem-resistant plasmid KW - KPC KW - bacteria KW - plasmids KW - Klebsiella pneumoniae KW - Escherichia coli KW - antibiotic resistance KW - Israel KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1606.091671 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/6/09-1671_article ER - End of Reference