Emergence of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Uruguay: infection control and molecular characterization

We describe the first outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae (KPC-KP), the infection control measures adopted and the shift in resistance patterns of isolates during antibiotic treatment. The ST258 KPC-KP strain exhibited a multiresistant antibiotic phenotype includi...

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Autores principales: Marquez, C, Ingold, A, Echeverría, N, Acevedo, A, Vignoli, R, García-Fulgueiras, V, Viroga, J, Gonzalez, O, Odizzio, V, Etulain, K, Nuñez, E, Albornoz, H, Borthagaray, G, Galiana, A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4184659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25356345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nmi2.40

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4184659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25356345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nmi2.40

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