Antimicrobial resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae stool isolates circulating in Kenya.

We sought to determine the genetic and phenotypic antimicrobial resistance (AMR) profiles of commensal Klebsiella spp. circulating in Kenya by testing human stool isolates of 87 K. pneumoniae and three K. oxytoca collected at eight locations. Over one-third of the isolates were resistant to ≥3 categ...

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Main Authors: Chris Rowe Taitt, Tomasz A Leski, Daniel P Erwin, Elizabeth A Odundo, Nancy C Kipkemoi, Janet N Ndonye, Ronald K Kirera, Abigael N Ombogo, Judd L Walson, Patricia B Pavlinac, Christine Hulseberg, Gary J Vora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5456380?pdf=render