First report of Klebsiella quasipneumoniae harboring bla KPC-2 in Saudi Arabia.
Sharif HalaChakkiath Paul AntonyMohammed AlshehriAbdulhakeem O AlthaqafiAsim AlsaediAreej MuftiMai KaakiBaraa T Alhaj-HusseinHosam M ZowawiAbdulfattah Al-AmriArnab PainPublished in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2019)
This is the first identification of a KPC-2-producing CRE in the Gulf region. The impact on this finding is of major concern to the public health in Saudi Arabia, considering that it is the religious epicenter with a continuous mass influx of pilgrims from across the world. Our study strongly highlights the importance of implementing rapid sequencing-based technologies in clinical microbiology for precise taxonomic classification and monitoring of antimicrobial resistance patterns.