1627. Outbreaks of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Special Care Nurseries (SCN) in Jamaica: Role of Whole-Genome Sequencing

BACKGROUND: Klebsiella pneumoniae is a frequent cause of neonatal sepsis and carries a high mortality rate in lower and middle-income countries (LMICs). From March-November 2015, two Jamaican hospitals experienced K. pneumoniae outbreaks in their Special Care Nurseries (SCNs). New admissions to both...

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Autores principales: Aziz, Maliha, Nicholson, Alison M, Nadimpalli, Maya, Sariya, Sanjeev, Price, Lance, Singh, Nalini, Liu, Cindy
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/PMC6810263/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1491

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810263/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1491

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