Molecular characterization of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from a university hospital in Brazil

Molecular characterization of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from a university hospital in Brazil

Introduction: The emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing K. pneumoniae (KPC-Kpn) isolates is attracting significant attention in nosocomial infection settings. K. pneumoniae is the main pathogen that harbours blaKPC genes. Methodology: This study evaluated 54 K. pneumon...

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Main Authors: Ana Carolina Polano Vivan, Juliana Ferraz Rosa, Camila Fonseca Rizek, Marsileni Pelisson, Silvia Figueiredo Costa, Mariangela Hungria, Renata Kobayashi, Eliana Carolina Vespero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Subjects:
Klebsiella pneumoniae
carbapenemase
KPC
carbapenem resistance
Online Access:https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/8614
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