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A swordless knight: epidemiology and molecular characteristics of the blaKPC-negative sequence type 258 Klebsiella pneumoniae clone.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Oct 2012
Adler Amos, Paikin Svetlana, Sterlin Yelena, Glick Josef, Edgar Rotem, Aronov Rima, Schwaber Mitchell J, Carmeli Yehuda
Abstract excerpt
In June 2010, a bla(KPC)-negative, ertapenem-resistant ST-258 Klebsiella pneumoniae strain was isolated from a patient in the Laniado Medical Center (LMC). Our aims were (i) to describe its molecular characteristics and resistance mechanisms and (ii) to assess whether the bla(KPC)-negative ST-258 K. pneumoniae clone spreads as efficiently as its KPC-producing isogenic strain. In a prospective study, surveillance...
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