Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T15:44:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2017-07-01 Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) The horizontal transfer of a plasmid bearing the bla(Kpc-2) gene from K. pneumoniae to E. cloacae infecting the respiratory tract of a patient during meropenem therapy was elucidated. This finding is particularly worrisome, since these drugs are of last resort for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Fac Med Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, Brazil Hosp Base Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, Brazil Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Ciencias Farmaceut, Dept Anal Clin, Sao Paulo, Brazil Adolfo Lutz Inst, Sao Paulo, Brazil Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Ciencias Farmaceut, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, Brazil Adolfo Lutz Inst, Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, Brazil Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Ciencias Biomed, Dept Microbiol, Sao Paulo, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, Brazil FAPESP: 2014/17184-0