Genetic factors related to the widespread dissemination of ST11 extensively drug-resistant carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains within hospital

Abstract. Background. Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (CP-Kp) poses distinct clinical challenges due to extensively drug resistant (XDR) phenotype, and sequence type (ST) 11 is the most dominant blaKPC-2-bearing CP-Kp clone in China. The purpose of this current retrospective study was...

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Main Authors: Dai-Xi Li, Yao Zhai, Zhao Zhang, Ya-Tao Guo, Zhan-Wei Wang, Zi-Long He, Song-Nian Hu, Yu-Sheng Chen, Yu Kang, Zhan-Cheng Gao, Li-Shao Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2020-11-01
Series:Chinese Medical Journal
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/CM9.0000000000001101