Outbreak of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae at a Portuguese university hospital: Epidemiological characterization and containment measures

BACKGROUND: KPC-producing K pneumoniae (KPC-Kp) is a public health problem with important clinical and epidemiological implications. We describe an outbreak of KPC-Kp at vascular surgery and neurosurgery wards in a central hospital in Porto, Portugal. METHODS: A case of KPC-Kp was considered to be a...

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Autores principales: Peres, David, Figueiredo, Paulo, Andrade, Paulo, Rocha-Pereira, Nuno, Carvalho, Cláudia, Ferraz, Rita, Duro, Raquel, Dias, Arnaldo, Gomes, Abel, Pereira, Cláudia, Braga, Gisélia, Pereira, Virginia, Azevedo, Lino, Moniz, Edgar, Ribeiro, Manuela, Ferreira, Eugénia, Manageiro, Vera, Teixeira, José, Guimarães, Tiago, Caniça, Manuela, Alves, Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10158887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37152080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pbj.0000000000000186

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10158887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37152080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pbj.0000000000000186

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