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Polyclonal outbreak of KPC-3-producing Enterobacter cloacae at a single hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2013
Haraoui Louis-Patrick, Lévesque Simon, Lefebvre Brigitte, Blanchette Ruth, Tomkinson Melissa, Mataseje Laura, Mulvey Michael R, Miller Mark A
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From September 2010 to December 2011, 26 KPC-3-producing Enterobacter cloacae isolates were identified from 16 patients at a single hospital. Analyses revealed the blaKPC gene to be localized on multiple plasmids in a diverse nonclonal E. cloacae genetic background. These findings highlight the p...
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