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Anatomy of an extensively drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in Tuscany, Italy.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 30 Nov 2021
Martin Melissa J, Corey Brendan W, Sannio Filomena, Hall Lindsey R, MacDonald Ulrike, Jones Brendan T, Mills Emma G, Harless Casey, Stam Jason, Maybank Rosslyn, Kwak Yoon, Schaufler Katharina, Becker Karsten, Hübner Nils-Olaf, Cresti Stefania, Tordini Giacinta, Valassina Marcello, Cusi Maria Grazia, Bennett Jason W, Russo Thomas A, McGann Patrick T, Lebreton Francois, Docquier Jean-Denis
Abstract excerpt
A protracted outbreak of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM)-producing carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae started in Tuscany, Italy, in November 2018 and continued in 2020 and through 2021. To understand the regional emergence and transmission dynamics over time, we collected and sequenced the genomes of 117 extensively drug-resistant, NDM-producing K. pneumoniae isolates cultured over a 20-mo period from...
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