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Clinical Characteristics and Molecular Epidemiology Associated with Imipenem‐Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
1 Aug 1999
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Eight patients were infected or colonized with imipenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (IRKP) from December 1994 to November 1995. Initial Klebsiella isolates were susceptible to imipenem but resistant to all cephalosporins, aminoglycosides, and beta-lactam inhibitor combinations. All patients had been in the surgical intensive care unit and had undergone abdominal surgery or tracheostomy during hospitalization....
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