The Role of fosA in Challenges with Fosfomycin Susceptibility Testing of Multispecies Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Producing Clinical Isolates
Z. S. Elliott, K. E. Barry, H. L. Cox, N. Stoesser, J. Carroll, K. B. Vegesana, S. M. Kotay, A. E. Sheppard, A. M. Wailan, D. W. Crook, H. Parikh, A. J. Mathers
This study evaluates fosfomycin susceptibility testing in KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates and finds that fosA gene presence affects test accuracy, with sodium phosphonoformate improving results.
bioRxiv · Apr 18, 2019Microbiology