Epidemic diffusion of KPC carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Italy: results of the first

T Giani1, B Pini2, F Arena1, V Conte1, S Bracco2, R Migliavacca3, the AMCLI-CRE Survey Participants4, A Pantosti5, L Pagani3, F Luzzaro2, G M Rossolini ([email protected])1,6,7 1. Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy 2. Microbiology and Virology Unit, A. Manzoni Hospital, Lecco, Italy 3. Department of Clinical Surgical Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, Section of Microbiology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy 4. The AMCLI-CRE Survey Participants are listed at the end of this article 5. Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Italian National Health Institute, Rome, Italy 6. Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Italy 7. Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy