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Clonal Dissemination of OXA-232 Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Neonates
23 May 2017
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ABSTRACT Five OXA-232 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates, belonging to the pandemic clone sequence type 15 (ST15), were isolated from neonates and coproduced bla CTX-M-15 and bla SHV-1 genes. All isolates were resistant to ertapenem (MICs of >32 μg/ml) and meropenem (MICs of 4 to 8 μg/ml) and susceptible or intermediate to imipenem (MICs of 1 to 2 μg/ml). The bla OXA-232 gene was located on a...
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