Molecular epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections from Aberdeen, Scotland, and their comparison to isolates from England

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Klebsiella spp., the second leading cause of bacteraemia in the UK, are major nosocomial pathogens. We investigated the epidemiology of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella spp. in Aberdeen, Scotland and England. Twenty-four ESBL producers underwent whole-genome sequencing and typing using MLST. Sequence types were queried in the Bacterial Isolate Genome Sequence Database (BIGSdb) to assess...

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