Genomic characterization of multidrug-resistant ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from a Ghanaian teaching hospital

Genomic characterization of multidrug-resistant ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from a Ghanaian teaching hospital

Objectives: This study delineated the clonal lineages, antibiotic resistome and plasmid replicon types in multidrug-resistant K. pneumoniae isolates from a teaching hospital in Ghana. Methods: Identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing were done using the MALDI-TOF MS and Vitek-2 automated...

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Main Authors: Nicholas Agyepong, Usha Govinden, Alex Owusu-Ofori, Daniel Gyamfi Amoako, Mushal Allam, Jessin Janice, Torunn Pedersen, Arnfinn Sundsfjord, Sabiha Essack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-08-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971219302322

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