| detection of kpc in acinetobacter spp. in puerto rico. | during an island-wide pcr-based surveillance study of beta-lactam resistance in multidrug-resistant (mdr) escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, pseudomonas aeruginosa, and acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex isolates obtained from 17 different hospitals, 10 kpc-positive acinetobacter isolates were identified. dna sequencing of the bla(kpc) gene identified kpc-2, -3, and -4 and a novel variant, kpc-10. this is the first report of a kpc-type beta-lactamase identified in acinetobacter ... | 2010 | 20038618 |