Carriage of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales in Adult Patients Admitted to a University Hospital in Italy

Carriage of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales in Adult Patients Admitted to a University Hospital in Italy

The emerging spread of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) strains, in particular, <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> and <i>Escherichia coli</i>, has become a significant threat to hospitalized patients. Carbapenemase genes are frequently located on plasmids than can be...

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Main Authors: Pamela Barbadoro, Daniela Bencardino, Elisa Carloni, Enrica Omiccioli, Elisa Ponzio, Rebecca Micheletti, Giorgia Acquaviva, Aurora Luciani, Annamaria Masucci, Antonella Pocognoli, Francesca Orecchioni, Marcello Mario D’Errico, Mauro Magnani, Francesca Andreoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
Enterobacteriaceae
PCR-based replicon typing
antibiotic-resistance
sequence types
multilocus sequence typing
plasmids
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/10/1/61

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