Ceftazidime-Avibactam Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 11 Due to a Mutation in Plasmid-Borne bla kpc-2 to bla kpc-33, in Henan, China.
Debao LiKeyang LiHongliang DongDongmei RenDandan GongFuguo JiangChunhua ShiJunmin LiQi ZhangWenjuan YanYi LiPublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2021)
This is the first report from Henan to show that treatment with CZA for 6 days can cause mutations and change the phenotype from CZA sensitive to resistant. Therefore, routine testing for drug susceptibility and carbapenemase phenotypes should be conducted during treatment with CZA, and genotype determination is essential.