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KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in Greek hospitals are mainly due to a hyperepidemic clone.

Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 28 May 2009

Giakoupi P, Maltezou H, Polemis M, Pappa O, Saroglou G, Vatopoulos A

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To verify the presence of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing (KPC-producing) Klebsiella pneumoniae in Greece, we asked 40 Greek hospitals participating in the Greek System for the Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance (GSSAR) to apply a combination of the modified Hodge test plus ED...

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PMID: 19480809
DOI: 10.2807/ese.14.21.19218-en

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