A Long-Term Low-Frequency Hospital Outbreak of KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Involving Intergenus Plasmid Diffusion and a Persisting Environmental Reservoir

BACKGROUND: To study the molecular characteristics of a long-term, low frequency outbreak of bla (KPC-2) in a low prevalence setting involving the hospital environment. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: KPC-producing bacteria were screened by selective chromogenic agar and Real-Time PCR. The presence...

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Autores principales: Tofteland, Ståle, Naseer, Umaer, Lislevand, Jan Helge, Sundsfjord, Arnfinn, Samuelsen, Ørjan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3594221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23536849
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059015

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3594221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23536849
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059015

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