Characterization of blaKPC-containing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates detected in different institutions in the Eastern USA - Concepedia

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Characterization of blaKPC-containing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates detected in different institutions in the Eastern USA

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2009

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Andrea Endimiani, Andrea M. Hujer, Federico Pérez, Christopher R. Bethel, Kristine M. Hujer, J. Kroeger, Margret Oethinger, David L. Paterson, Mark D. Adams, Michael R. Jacobs,

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Abstract

We demonstrated the complex beta-lactamase background of KPC-Kp isolates that are emerging in multiple centres in the Eastern USA. The prevalence of a single dominant clone suggests that interstate transmission has occurred.

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