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Multiclonal dispersal of KPC genes following the emergence of non-ST258 KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clones in Madrid, Spain.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2013
Ruiz-Garbajosa Patricia, Curiao Tania, Tato Marta, Gijón Desirèe, Pintado Vicente, Valverde Aránzazu, Baquero Fernando, Morosini María Isabel, Coque Teresa M, Cantón Rafael
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OBJECTIVES: To analyse the ongoing epidemiology of KPC-producing Enterobacteriaceae after a non-ST258 KPC-3-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in a university hospital in Madrid, Spain. METHODS: Enterobacterial isolates (one per patient based on bacterial identification and typing patterns) with carbapenem MICs higher than the EUCAST epidemiological cut-off values, a positive modified Hodge test and...
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