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Outbreak of NDM-1-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Dutch Hospital, with Interspecies Transfer of the Resistance Plasmid and Unexpected Occurrence in Unrelated Health Care Centers.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2017
Bosch Thijs, Lutgens Suzanne P M, Hermans Mirjam H A, Wever Peter C, Schneeberger Peter M, Renders Nicole H M, Leenders Alexander C A P, Kluytmans Jan A J W, Schoffelen Annelot, Notermans Daan, Witteveen Sandra, Bathoorn Erik, Schouls Leo M
Abstract excerpt
In the Netherlands, the number of cases of infection with New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM)-positive Enterobacteriaceae is low. Here, we report an outbreak of NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a Dutch hospital with interspecies transfer of the resistance plasmid and unexpected occurrence in other unrelated health care centers (HCCs). Next-generation sequencing was performed on 250...
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