• Main Authors: Marilene Rodrigues Chang, Camila Arguelo Biberg, Fernando Aguilar Lopes, Andyane Freitas Tetila, Antonio Carlos Campos Pignatari
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013
• Subjects: Carbapenemase; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Multidrug- resistant; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/847387738150492889df0a08f1efe86f

The increased frequency and dissemination of enterobacteria resistant to various antimicrobials is currently worldwide concern. In January 2010, a 94-year-old patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia was admitted to the University Hospital. This patient died 21 days after hospitalization due to the clinical worsening. Klebsiella pneumoniae producing of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) was isolated of urine culture. This bacterium demonstrated resistance to ceftazidime, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, ertapenem and imipenem. Susceptibility to cefoxitin, cefepime, meropenem, colistin and tigecycline. This study reports the first case of infection by Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying the bla kpc gene in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.