NDM-1-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a teaching hospital in Shanghai, China: IncX3-type plasmids may contribute to the dissemination of blaNDM-1
Objectives: To provide the epidemiological dissemination and the genetic characteristics of blaNDM-1 in a teaching hospital in Shanghai, China. Methods: Here, the carbapenemase genes of 114 CRE isolates were evaluated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Clonal relatedness was assessed by pulsed-fiel...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-05-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971215000582 |