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Outbreak caused by a multi-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strain of new sequence type ST341 carrying new genetic environments of aac(6')-Ib-cr and qnrS1 genes in a neonatal intensive care unit in Spain.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM - 1 Nov 2010
Ruiz Elena, Rojo-Bezares Beatriz, Sáenz Yolanda, Olarte Inés, Esteban Inés, Rocha-Gracia Rosa, Zarazaga Myriam, Torres Carmen
Abstract excerpt
An outbreak due to a Klebsiella pneumoniae clone occurred in a neonatal intensive care unit of a Spanish Hospital in which three newborns were infected (all with gestational age ≤29 weeks; two of them died) and seven were colonized (gestational age >32 weeks; none died). One K. pneumoniae strain...
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