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Persistence of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 as the predominant clone of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in post-acute-care hospitals in Israel, 2008-13.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Jan 2015
Adler Amos, Hussein Omar, Ben-David Debby, Masarwa Samira, Navon-Venezia Shiri, Schwaber Mitchell J, Carmeli Yehuda
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OBJECTIVES: To study the molecular characteristics of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in post-acute-care hospitals (PACHs) in Israel and to analyse the temporal changes between 2008 and 2013. METHODS: CPE isolates were obtained during two cross-sectional, point prevalence national surveys of PACHs in Israel performed in 2008 and 2013. Surveillance cultures were collected by streaking rectal swabs...
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