ST147 NDM-1-producingKlebsiella pneumoniaespread in two Tunisian hospitals: Table 1.

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Sir, Resistance to carbapenems in Klebsiella pneumoniae has become a major concern worldwide, which is almost exclusively associated with healthcare settings. New Delhi metallo-β-lactamases (NDMs) are carbapenem-hydrolysing enzymes first identified in K. pneumoniae in 2008 in a Swedish patient previously hospitalized in India.1 The Indian subcontinent remains the major reservoir of NDM producers, but they have...

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