pneumoniae KPC Strains from a Tertiary Center Clancy, MD - Associate Professor S. Pereira, MS- PhD Student, C. F. M. Araújo, BSc - Student, L. M. Seki,

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

C. Clancy, MD - Associate Professor

1 , R. Shields, PharmD - Assistant Profes- sor 2 , J. Hong, MD - Fellow 2 , L. Chen, PhD - Research Associate 3 , Y. Zhao, PhD - Research Associate 3 , B. N. Kreiswirth, PhD - Professor 3 , S. Park, MD - Research Associate 3 , D. S. Perlin, MD - Professor 3 , Y. Doi, MD - Assistant Professor 2 , E. Kwak, MD - Assistant Professor 2 , F. Silveira, MD - Assistant Professor 1 , W. Pasculle, PhD - Director Microbiology 2 , M. Nguyen, MD - Professor 2 ; 1 Univ. of Pittsburgh and VA Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2 Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 3 Publ Hlth Res Ins, UMDNJ, Newark, NJ. 10:15 a.m. C2-1217 Molecular Epidemiology of KPC-Producers Enterobacteria- ceae ETB in Argentina: An update 2006-2012 S. Gomez, D. Faccone, M. Raporport, L. Guerriero, P. Ceriana, A. Petroni, F. Pasteran, Argentinean Kpc-Group, A. Corso; INEI-ANLIS-MALBRAN, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 10:30 a.m. C2-1218 Molecular Epidemiology of KPC-2-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Brazil: Clonal Spread of CC11 ST11, ST437, and ST340 and Dispersion of blaKPC-2 Associated with Tn4401 “a”

P. S. Pereira, MS- PhD Student, C. F. M. Araújo, BSc - Student, L. M. Seki,

PhD - Researcher, A. D. Carvalho-Assef, PhD - Researcher, M. D. Asensi, PhD - Researcher, Brazilian KPC Study Group; Oswaldo Cruz Inst. - IOC- FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 10:45 a.m. C2-1219 First Reported Case of New Delhi Metallo NDM Carbapenem-Positive Gene in Escherichia coli from Companion Animals in the United States B. W. Shaheen, DVM, MS, PhD - Post Doctoral Research Fellow 1 , R. Nayak, MS, PhD - Research Scientist 1 , D. M. Boothe, DVM, MS, PhD - Professor 2 ; 1 U.S. FDA, Jefferson, AR, 2 Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 158 L1 Slide Session New Insights in Bacterial Meningitis Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. . . . . . Esplanade Ballroom 309 UAN: 0391-9999-12-129-L04-P Moderators: Petter Brandtzag, MD, PhD - Professor Univ. of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. Stefano Giulieri, MD - Service of Infectious Diseases Univ. of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. Objectives: Upon the completion of this Slide Session, the participant should be able to: Improve clinical evaluation and management of patients with meningitis; Critically evaluate information regarding the diagnosis and prognosis of acute bacterial meningitis; and Integrate new knowledge regarding cerebrospinal fluid analysis into clinical decision making for patients with meningitis. Presentations: 8:30 a.m. 1220 State-of-the-Art Minilecture Update on Neisseria meningitidis: Pathogenesis and Management Petter Brandtzag, MD, PhD - Professor Univ. of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. 9:00 a.m. L1-1221 Is CSF Lactate the Best Parameter for Discriminating Bacterial from Viral Community-Acquired Meningitis?

S. Giulieri, MD - Staff Physician, C. Chapuis, MD - Consultant, K. Jaton,