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First Case of NDM-1-Producing <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> in Annaba University Hospital, Algeria

Amel Abderrahim, Nassima Djahmi, Charlotte Pujol, Sabina Nedjai, Mohamed Cherif Bentakouk, Djamila Kirane-Gacemi, Mazouz Dekhil, Albert Sotto, Jean‐Philippe Lavigne, Alix Pantel

Microbial Drug Resistance · 2017 · 27 citations · 36 references

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Abstract

This study comprises the first identification of NDM-1-producing K. pneumoniae in Algeria. We thus confirm the concerning worldwide dissemination of this carbapenemase that involves the emergence of the IncR plasmid and the success of the ST147 clonal complex harboring it.

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