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High prevalence of CTX-M-15-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Asian countries: diverse clones and clonal dissemination.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Aug 2011
Lee Mi Young, Ko Kwan Soo, Kang Cheol-In, Chung Doo Ryeon, Peck Kyong Ran, Song Jae-Hoon
Abstract excerpt
The characteristics of 218 Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia in nine Asian countries were investigated. In total, 92 isolates (42.2%) produced extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs), amongst which 67 (72.8%) possessed CTX-M ESBL genes; CTX-M-15 was the major ESBL (55 isolates; 59.8%). Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and plasmid replicon typing were performed to...
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