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Clonal Dissemination of Enterobacter cloacae Harboring blaKPC-3 in the Upper Midwestern United States.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2015
Hargreaves Melissa L, Shaw Kristin M, Dobbins Ginette, Snippes Vagnone Paula M, Harper Jane E, Boxrud Dave, Lynfield Ruth, Aziz Maliha, Price Lance B, Silverstein Kevin A T, Danzeisen Jessica L, Youmans Bonnie, Case Kyle, Sreevatsan Srinand, Johnson Timothy J
Abstract excerpt
Carbapenemase-producing, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CP-CRE, are an emerging threat to human and animal health, because they are resistant to many of the last-line antimicrobials available for disease treatment. Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacter cloacae harboring blaKPC-3 recently was reported in the upper midwestern United States and implicated in a hospital outbreak in Fargo, North Dakota (L....
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