Endemic dissemination of different sequence types of carbapenem-resistant <em>Klebsiella pneumoniae</em> strains harboring <em>bla</em><sub>NDM</sub> and <em>16S</em> <em>rRNA methylase</em> genes in Kerman hospitals, Iran, from 2015 to 2017

Abstract

The dissemination of various clones of NDM-producing <i>K. pneumoniae</i> can contribute to increase the rate of their spread in health care settings. Therefore, molecular typing and detection of resistance genes have an important role in preventing and controlling infection by limiting the dissemination of multidrug-resistant isolates.