Molecular Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Isolates in Portuguese Hospitals: Results From European Survey on Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae (EuSCAPE)

In Portugal, the epidemiological stage for the spread of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) increased from sporadic isolates or single hospital clones (2010–2013), to hospital outbreaks, later. Here we report data from a 6-month study performed under the European Survey on Carbapenemas...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Microbiology
Main Authors:	Vera Manageiro, Raquel Romão, Inês Barata Moura, Daniel A. Sampaio, Luís Vieira, Eugénia Ferreira, the Network EuSCAPE-Portugal, Manuela Caniça
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Subjects:	carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae KPC-21 EuSCAPE Portugal Klebsiella pneumoniae Escherichia coli
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02834/full