High prevalence of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae causing community-onset infections in China

High prevalence of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae causing community-onset infections in China

The aim of this work was to investigate the epidemiological and genetic characteristics of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL-Kp) causing community-onset infections. K. pneumoniae isolates were collected from 31 Chinese secondary hospitals between August 2010 and August 2011. Genes encoding...

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Main Authors: Jing Zhang, Kai Zhou, Beiwen Zheng, Lina Zhao, Ping Shen, Jinru Ji, Zeqing Wei, Lanjuan Li, Jianying Zhou, Yonghong Xiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
resistance mechanisms
CTX-M
sequence type
Community-onset infections
hypervirulent K. pneumonia
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01830/full

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