Plasmid-mediated carbapenem-hydrolysing β-lactamase KPC-2 in a Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate from Switzerland

Service de Bacteriologie-Virologie, INSERM U914: ‘Emerging Resistance to Antibiotics’, Hopital de Bicetre, Assistance PubliqueHopitaux de Paris, Universite Paris-Sud, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France; ADMed Microbiologie, 2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland; Service de Medecine, Hopituax Neuchâtelois de Pourtales, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland *Corresponding author. Tel: +33-145-21-20-19; Fax: +33-145-21-63-40; E-mail: nordmann.patrice@bct.aphp.fr