@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.028308-0, author = "Kalpoe, Jayant S. and Al Naiemi, Nashwan and Poirel, Laurent and Nordmann, Patrice", title = "Detection of an Ambler class D OXA-48-type β-lactamase in a Klebsiella pneumoniae strain in The Netherlands", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "2011", volume = "60", number = "5", pages = "677-678", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.028308-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.028308-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Traditionally, bacteria in The Netherlands have low levels of resistance to antibiotics. This report describes what is believed to be the first carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae producing an OXA-48 type β-lactamase in The Netherlands. The isolate co-produced a CTX-M-15 type β-lactamase and was recovered from a patient who was transferred from a hospital in India to an intensive care unit in The Netherlands. His recovery in The Netherlands was complicated by pneumonia due to the carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae to which he eventually succumbed. Pre-emptive screening for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in selected patients could be imperative to maintain the low prevalence of these highly resistant bacteria in Dutch hospitals.", }