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The investigation of molecular epidemiological characteristics and resistance mechanism of tigecycline resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from a large teaching hospital in southwest China, Chongqing.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2025
Li Yuqiong, Tang Shiyu, Han Qi, Xia Peiwen, Si Tingting, Song Yuanyuan, Xia Yun
Abstract excerpt
Background: Klebsiella pneumoniae is one of the main pathogens of nosocomial infection, among which carbapenems can be used for multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. However, in the past decade, the resistance rate of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae has increased yearly. Tigecycline has good antibacterial activity in treating severe bacterial infections, but the reports of tigecycline resistance...
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- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Tigecycline
- China
- Hospitals, Teaching
- Humans
- Klebsiella Infections
