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Clonal dissemination of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11 and ST48 clone among multiple departments in a tertiary teaching hospital in Jiangsu Province, China
1 Dec 2019
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Background: The world-wide prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) poses a threat to the public health. The objective of this study was to determine the epidemiological and molecular patterns of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) clinical isolates. Methods: In this study, a total of 82 non-duplicated CRKP isolates were analyzed for the prevalence of resistant determinants...
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