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Tigecycline resistance among Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from febrile neutropenic patients
25 May 2018
Abstract excerpt
Febrile neutropenic patients are at a high risk of life-threatening bacterial infections. Tigecycline was developed to treat multidrug-resistant isolates, however resistance to tigecycline in Klebsiella pneumoniae has been reported. Here, we investigated tigecycline resistance among K. pneumoniae isolated from febrile neutropenic patients admitted to Hematology ICU, Egypt. Out of 75 enrolled febrile neutropenic...
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