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Dissemination of the Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase in the Health Care Settings: Tracking the Trails of an Elusive Offender

Transmission of antibiotic resistance genes may be mediated by a variety of molecular mechanisms, from mobility of small genetic elements to clonal spread. Since 1997, the carbapenem-hydrolyzing enzyme Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) has spread in the United States and across the world, ma...

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Autores principales: Adler, Amos, Carmeli, Yehuda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3324114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22186612
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00280-11