Molecular characterisation of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter cloacae complex in Colombia: blaKPC and the 'changing landscape'

blaKPC-2 was discovered as the most common mechanism of carbapenem resistance in CR-Ecl and was disseminated among different STs. Although none of the previously reported major clonal complexes were identified, it appears that local strain lineages are associated with the spread of blaKPC within CR-Ecl in various regions of Colombia.