KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, finally targeting Turkey

We report here the first identification of the worldwide spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-2-producing and carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae clone ST258 in Turkey, a country where the distantly-related carbapenemase OXA-48 is known to be endemic. Worryingly, this isolate was also resist...

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Main Authors: J. Labarca, L. Poirel, M. Özdamar, S. Turkoglü, E. Hakko, P. Nordmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-03-01
Series:New Microbes and New Infections
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297514500066