Evolution of Outbreak-Causing Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 at a Tertiary Care Hospital over 8 Years

Evolution of Outbreak-Causing Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 at a Tertiary Care Hospital over 8 Years

The carbapenem class of antibiotics is invaluable for the treatment of selected multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens. The continued transmission of carbapenem-resistant bacteria such as ST258 K. pneumoniae is of serious global public health concern, as treatment options for these infections a...

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Main Authors: Jane W. Marsh, Mustapha M. Mustapha, Marissa P. Griffith, Daniel R. Evans, Chinelo Ezeonwuka, A. William Pasculle, Kathleen A. Shutt, Alexander Sundermann, Ashley M. Ayres, Ryan K. Shields, Ahmed Babiker, Vaughn S. Cooper, Daria Van Tyne, Lee H. Harrison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-09-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
carbapenem-resistant
evolution
genomics
molecular epidemiology
outbreaks
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01945-19

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