Emergence of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Uruguay: infection control and molecular characterization

Emergence of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Uruguay: infection control and molecular characterization

We describe the first outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae (KPC-KP), the infection control measures adopted and the shift in resistance patterns of isolates during antibiotic treatment. The ST258 KPC-KP strain exhibited a multiresistant antibiotic phenotype includi...

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Main Authors: C. Marquez, A. Ingold, N. Echeverría, A. Acevedo, R. Vignoli, V. García-Fulgueiras, J. Viroga, O. Gonzalez, V. Odizzio, K. Etulain, E. Nuñez, H. Albornoz, G. Borthagaray, A. Galiana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-05-01
Series:New Microbes and New Infections
Subjects:
Antibiotic resistance
infection control
KPC
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297514500492

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