Article
International and regional spread of carbapenem-resistant <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> in Europe
2023-09-05
Abstract excerpt
Klebsiella pneumoniae, an opportunistic pathogen able to cause hospital- and community-acquired infections, is of particular concern due to the active spread of antibiotic resistance genes associated with mobile genetic elements such as plasmids and transposons. Carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae (CRKP) exhibit a higher mortality rate than carbapenem-susceptible K. pneumoniae infections. In this COMBACTE-EURECA...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 8d1e07a9-dcfa-5e53-8d04-0bea72e93786
- DOI
- 10.1101/2023.09.05.556311
