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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2009, p. 1920-1922, Vol. 47, No. 6
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00098-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Detection of Plasmid-Mediated KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Ottawa, Canada: Evidence of Intrahospital Transmission{triangledown}

David Goldfarb,1,3 Sarah-Beth Harvey,2 Kelsi Jessamine,2 Peter Jessamine,1,2,3 Baldwin Toye,1,2,3 and Marc Desjardins1,2,3*

Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, the Ottawa Hospital,1 Ottawa Hospital Research Institute,2 University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada3

Received 16 January 2009/ Returned for modification 18 March 2009/ Accepted 28 March 2009

Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from three patients admitted to the Ottawa Hospital, a 1,040-bed teaching hospital, were found to contain the plasmid-borne K. pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing bla gene (blaKPC). There was evidence of person-to-person transmission for two patients. Screening of 186 clinical isolates revealed no additional blaKPC-containing isolates.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Microbiology, the Ottawa Hospital, 501 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8L6. E-mail: madesjardins{at}ottawahospital.on.ca

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 8 April 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2009, p. 1920-1922, Vol. 47, No. 6
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00098-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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