Article
Detection of high-risk carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter cloacae isolates using volatile molecular profiles.
Scientific reports - 5 Sept 2018
Rees Christiaan A, Nasir Mavra, Smolinska Agnieszka, Lewis Alexa E, Kane Katherine R, Kossmann Shannon E, Sezer Orkan, Zucchi Paola C, Doi Yohei, Hirsch Elizabeth B, Hill Jane E
Abstract excerpt
Infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are alarming in the clinical setting, as CRE isolates often exhibit resistance to most clinically-available antibiotics. Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) is the most common carbapenemase carried by CRE in North America and Europe, frequently detected in isolates of K. pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and Enterobacter cloacae. Notably,...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
