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Evolution and dissemination of the Klebsiella pneumoniae clonal group 258 throughout Israeli post-acute care hospitals, 2008-13.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2017
Adler Amos, Lifshitz Ziv, Gordon Michal, Ben-David Debbie, Khabra Efrat, Masarwa Samira, Zion Orit, Schwaber Mitchell J, Carmeli Yehuda
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Objectives: The KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC-KP) clonal group (CG) 258 has disseminated throughout Israeli post-acute care hospitals (PACHs). The objectives of the study were (i) to describe the evolution and (ii) to understand the dissemination modes of CG 258 in the PACH system in Israel. Methods: KPC-KP surveillance cultures isolates were collected in Israeli PACHs in three national...
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