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603. Identification of a Carbapenemase-Producing, Extensively Drug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolate Carrying a blaNDM-1-Bearing, Hypervirulent Plasmid, United States 2017

BACKGROUND: The recent discovery of carbapenemase-producing hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (CP-HvKP) has signaled the convergence of multidrug resistance and pathogenicity, with the potential for increased mortality. While previous studies of CP-HvKP isolates revealed that most carried carbapen...

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Autores principales: Stanton, Richard A, McAllister, Gillian A, Bhatnagar, Amelia, Karlsson, Maria, Brown, Allison C, Rasheed, James, Elkins, Christopher, Halpin, Alison L
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/PMC6810911/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.672