Liu, MD - Visiting Staff Bush, PhD - Professor Yang, MD - Assistant Professor

135 TUESDAY SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS Final Program 8:45 a.m. C2-1211 The Increasing Spread of KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Europe: Results from an Italian Nationwide Survey

T. Giani, PhD - PhD

1 , B. Pini, MD - MD 2 , F. Arena, MD - MD 1 , V. Conte, BS - St 1 , L. Pagani, PhD - Professor 3 , F. Luzzaro, MD - MD 2 , G. M. Rossolini, MD - Professor 1 ; 1 Univ. of Siena, Siena, Italy, 2 A. Manzoni Hosp., Lecco, Italy, 3 Univ. of Pavia, Pavia, Italy. 9:00 a.m. C2-1212 Outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-2- Pro- ducing K. pneumoniae Sequence Type 11 in Taiwan, 2011

C. Liu, MD - Visiting Staff

1 , C. Lee, MD - Visiting Staff 2 , C. Liao, MD - Visiting Staff 1 , W. Lee, MD - Visiting Staff 3 , Y. Liu, MD - Visiting Staff 4 , J. Mu, PhD - Research Staff 5 , M. Lee, MD - Visiting Staff 6 , P. Hsueh, MD - Professor 7 ; 1 Far Eastern Mem. Hosp., New Taipei City, Taiwan, 2 Mackay Mem. Hosp., Taipei City, Taiwan, 3 Wan Fang Hosp., Taipei City, Taiwan, 4 Shuang Ho Hosp., Taipei Med. Univ. and Sch. of Med., New Taipei City, Taiwan, 5 Res. and Diagnostic Ctr., Ctr. for Disease Control, Taipei City, Tai- wan, 6 Chung Shan Med. Univ. Hosp., Taichung City, Taiwan, 7 Natl. Taiwan Univ. Hosp., Natl. Taiwan Univ. Coll. of Med., Taipei City, Taiwan. 9:15 a.m. C2-1213 Surveillance and Enzyme Characterization of Carbapenem- Resistant Enterobacteriaceae CRE in an Indiana Health Care Setting 2009-2012

K. Bush, PhD - Professor

1 , T. Davis, MS - Student 1 , R. Lee, PhD - Lecturer 1,2 , R. Relich, PhD - Fellow 3 , G. A. Denys, PhD - Clinical Director, Microbiology 3 ; 1 Indiana Univ. Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, 2 Dow Agro Sci., Indianapolis, IN, 3 Indiana Univ. Hlth., Indianapolis, IN. 9:30 a.m. C2-1214 VIM-1-Producing Escherichia coli ST131 and Enterobacter cloacae, Ontario, Canada, 2008-2011 N. Tijet, PhD 1 , O. Lastovetska, MS 1 , G. MacMullin, MS 1 , C. Vermeiren, MS 2 , P. Wenzel, MS 3 , B. M. Willey, MS 4 , D. J. Farrell, PhD 1 , D. E. Low, MD 1 , S. N. Patel, PhD 1 , R. G. Melano, PhD 1 ; 1 Publ. Hlth. Ontario Lab., Toronto, Canada, 2 Shared Hosp. Labs, Toronto, Canada, 3 Halton Healthcare Services, Oakville, Canada, 4 Mt Sinai Hosp., Toronto, Canada. 9:45 a.m. C2-1215 Emergence of IMP-1 Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Korea

H. Yang, MD - Assistant Professor

1 , J. Yoo, PhD - Research Staff 2 , J. Chung, MD - Clinical Assistant Professor 3 , J. Park, MD - Assistant Professor 1 ; 1 Kosin Univ. Coll. of Med., Busan, Korea, Republic of, 2 Korea NIH, Osong, Korea, Republic of, 3 Dongguk Univ. Ilsan Hosp., Goyang, Korea, Republic of. 10:00 a.m. C2-1216 Clinical and Molecular Characterization of Carbapenemase- Resistant

K. pneumoniae KPC Strains from a Tertiary Center