Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae KPB-2 Genome sequencing and assembly. Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae KPB-2

KPB-2 is an isolate representative of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae circulating in the Italian hospitals since 2009 and obtained from the blood culture of an inpatient admitted to the ICU of St. Orsola University Hospital of Bologna, Italy. The isolate, carrying the blaKPC-3 beta-lactamase and belonging in sequence type 512, is resistant to most antibiotics including beta-lactams, fluoroquinolones, aminoglycosides and tetracyclines and colistin. Isolate KPB-1, obtained from the same patient, showed an identical PFGE profile, and a very similar antibiotic susceptibility pattern, but was susceptible to colistin.