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Dynamics of MDR Enterobacter cloacae outbreaks in a neonatal unit in Nepal: insights using wider sampling frames and next-generation sequencing.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Apr 2015
Stoesser N, Sheppard A E, Shakya M, Sthapit B, Thorson S, Giess A, Kelly D, Pollard A J, Peto T E A, Walker A S, Crook D W
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OBJECTIVES: There are limited data on Enterobacter cloacae outbreaks and fewer describing these in association with NDM-1. With whole-genome sequencing, we tested the hypothesis that a cluster of 16 E. cloacae bacteraemia cases in a Nepali neonatal unit represented a single clonal outbreak, using a wider set of epidemiologically unrelated clinical E. cloacae isolates for comparison. METHODS: Forty-three isolates...
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