An Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae of K57 Capsular Serotype in an Emergency Intensive Care Unit of a Teaching Hospital in China

An Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae of K57 Capsular Serotype in an Emergency Intensive Care Unit of a Teaching Hospital in China

The emergence of carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent K. pneumoniae (CR-hvKP) strains has increased the threat posed by K. pneumoniae. Here, we described an outbreak of 32 CR-hvKP isolates from the emergency intensive care unit (EICU) of a teaching hospital in China. Thirty-two CRKp isolates were coll...

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Main Authors: Chunhong Shao, Yan Jin, Wei Wang, Meijie Jiang, Shuping Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
Klebsiella pneumoniae
K57
hypervirulent
carbapenem-resistant
outbreak
China
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.724212/full

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