246. Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella (CRK) Bloodstream Infections (BSIs) Are Caused by Bacterial Populations That Are Genotypically and Phenotypically Diverse

BACKGROUND: The majority of bacterial BSIs are believed to stem from a single, clonal organism. We hypothesized that most CRK BSIs are caused by genetically diverse, clonal strains that exhibit different phenotypes. METHODS: Blood cultures (BCs) that were positive for CRK from each of 10 patients (p...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Minh-Hong, Chen, Liang, Cheng, Shaoji, Squires, Kevin, Hao, Binghua, Shields, Ryan K, Kreiswirth, Barry, Clancy, Cornelius J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809885/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.321

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809885/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.321

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