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Molecular Epidemiology of Plasmid-Mediated Fosfomycin Resistance Gene Determinants in Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates in China.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Mar 2019
Chen Jinyun, Wang Dairong, Ding Yueping, Zhang Lei, Li Xi
Abstract excerpt
The Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing K. pneumoniae has become a serious problem because the species is wide ranging and there are few treatment options. Fosfomycin has attracted renewed interest in combination therapy for infections caused by KPC-producing K. pneumoniae isolates. Because of the increasing use of fosfomycin, resistant isolates have been continually reported in...
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