Spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST395 non-susceptible to carbapenems and resistant to fluoroquinolones in North-Eastern France

These findings showed that (i) K. pneumoniae ST395 carrying pOXA-48a has spread in North-Eastern France, (ii) aac(6′)-Ib-cr is predominant in carbapenem-non-susceptible K. pneumoniae, (iii) K. pneumoniae ST395 is resistant to chlorhexidine and (iv) FQs as an alternative to β-lactams to treat ertapenem-non-susceptible K. pneumoniae are compromised.