Molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter cloacae, and Escherichia coli outbreak among neonates in Tembisa hospital, South Africa

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Background An outbreak of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and Enterobacter cloacae infections in a neonatal ward within a tertiary hospital in South Africa resulted in the mortality of 10 patients within six months. In this work, the genomic epidemiology of and the molecular factors mediating this outbreak were investigated. Methods Bacterial cultures obtained from clinical samples...

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