Nosocomial outbreak of colistin-resistant, carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11 in a medical intensive care unit

Nosocomial outbreak of colistin-resistant, carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11 in a medical intensive care unit

ABSTRACT: Objectives: Klebsiella pneumoniae is an important opportunistic Gram-negative pathogen. This study describes an outbreak due to colistin-resistant and carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (ColR-CRKP) in a tertiary hospital related to six patients successively admitted to the departm...

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Main Authors: Xi Chen, Zhihui Jiang, Rui Chen, Zijing Zhu, Yixue Wu, Zhaohui Sun, Lidan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-03-01
Series:Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
Subjects:
Colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
Whole-genome sequencing
Nosocomial infection
Carbapenemase
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716523001844

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