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Molecular epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a hospital in Madrid: Successful establishment of an OXA-48 ST11 clone.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Jul 2015
Brañas Patricia, Villa Jennifer, Viedma Esther, Mingorance Jesús, Orellana M Angeles, Chaves Fernando
Abstract excerpt
Here we report a retrospective clinical and molecular study conducted in a tertiary care facility in southern Madrid, Spain, from January 2009 to February 2014 to investigate the epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (CPKp). Carbapenemase genes were identified in 97 non-duplicate K. pneumoniae isolates, including 59 harbouring blaOXA-48, 37 harbouring blaVIM-1 and 1 harbouring blaKPC-2....
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