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Emergence of Hypervirulent Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Coharboring a <i>bla</i> <sub>NDM-1</sub> -Carrying Virulent Plasmid and a <i>bla</i> <sub>KPC-2</sub> -Carrying Plasmid in an Egyptian Hospital

Mohamed Abd El-Gawad El-Sayed Ahmed, Yanxian Yang, Yongqiang Yang, Bin Yan, Guanping Chen, Reem Hassan, Lan‐Lan Zhong, Yuan Chen, Adam P. Roberts, Yiping Wu,

mSphere · 2021 · 65 citations · 16 references

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CRKP has been registered in the critical priority tier by the World Health Organization and has become a significant menace to public health. The emergence of CR-HvKP is of great concern in terms of both disease and treatment.

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