Polyclonal Endemicity of Carbapenemase-Producing <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> in ICUs of a Greek Tertiary Care Hospital

Polyclonal Endemicity of Carbapenemase-Producing <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> in ICUs of a Greek Tertiary Care Hospital

Carbapenemase-producing <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> (CPKP) emerged in Greece in 2002 and became endemic thereafter. Driven by a notable variability in the phenotypic testing results for carbapenemase production in <i>K. pneumoniae</i> isolates from the intensive care units (...

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Main Authors: Efthymia Protonotariou, Georgios Meletis, Dimitrios Pilalas, Paraskevi Mantzana, Areti Tychala, Charalampos Kotzamanidis, Dimitra Papadopoulou, Theofilos Papadopoulos, Michalis Polemis, Simeon Metallidis, Lemonia Skoura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-01-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
<i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i>
carbapenemases
NDM
KPC
VIM
OXA-48
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/11/2/149

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