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Detection of clonal KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 in Korea during nationwide surveillance in 2011.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Sept 2013
Yoo Jung Sik, Kim Hye Mee, Yoo Jae Il, Yang Ji Woo, Kim Hwa Su, Chung Gyung Tae, Lee Yeong Seon
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This study analysed the characteristics and genetic similarity of recent Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC-2)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Korea. Recent laboratory surveillance detected an increase in carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Korea. A total of 6 KPC-2-producing K. pneumoniae were identified from 277 Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates. All were sequence type (ST) 258...
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