Article
Molecular epidemiology of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from invasive infections in Italy: increasing diversity with predominance of the ST512 clade II sublineage.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2016
Conte Viola, Monaco Monica, Giani Tommaso, D'Ancona Fortunato, Moro Maria Luisa, Arena Fabio, D'Andrea Marco Maria, Rossolini Gian Maria, Pantosti Annalisa
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) represents one of the most worrisome problems for clinical medicine worldwide. In Italy, the Antibiotic-Resistance-Istituto Superiore di Sanità surveillance network, in collaboration with the Committee for Antimicrobial Agents of the Italian Society of Clinical Microbiologists, promoted a study to investigate the carbapenem-resistance...
Topics
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Italy
- Klebsiella Infections
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Molecular Epidemiology