An update of the evolving epidemic of blaKPC-2-carrying Klebsiella pneumoniae in Greece (2009-10)

Abstract

Apart from the epidemic of KPC-2-producing K. pneumoniae belonging to ST258 in Greece, diffusion of bla(KPC-2) to at least 10 additional STs has taken place. Notably, strains from three of the latter STs (147, 323 and 383) were found to carry both bla(KPC-2) and bla(VIM).