Clinical and molecular characteristics of multi-clone carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent (hypermucoviscous) Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in a tertiary hospital in Beijing, China

Objectives: To provide the clinical and molecular characteristics of carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent (hypermucoviscous) Klebsiella pneumoniae (cr-hvKP) in a tertiary hospital in Beijing, China. Methods: The clinical characteristics of four patients with cr-hvKP isolates and 29 patients with carba...

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Main Authors: Bei Yao, Xiumei Xiao, Fei Wang, Lei Zhou, Xiaowei Zhang, Jie Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-08-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971215001617