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A Cluster of Colistin- and Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Carrying blaNDM-1 and mcr-8.2
8 Oct 2019
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BACKGROUND: Klebsiella pneumoniae resistant to both carbapenems and colistin imposes severe challenges for management. In this study, we report a cluster of 5 carbapenem-resistant K pneumoniae clinical strains belonging to ST1 and K57 types, 4 of which were also resistant to colistin, from 2 hospitals. METHODS: The 5 strains were subjected to whole-genome sequencing (WGS) using the short-read Illumina HiSeq...
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