Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: genetic diversity, mechanisms of resistance to polymyxins and clinical outcomes in a tertiary teaching hospital in Brazil

Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: genetic diversity, mechanisms of resistance to polymyxins and clinical outcomes in a tertiary teaching hospital in Brazil

ABSTRACT Increased resistance to polymyxin in Klebsiella pneumoniae (ColRKP) has been observed. Molecular epidemiology, as well as the clinical impact of these difficult to treat pathogens need to be better characterized. We present the clinical outcomes of 28 patients infected by ColRKP in a tertia...

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Main Authors: Icaro Boszczowski, Matias Chiarastelli Salomão, Maria Luísa Moura, Maristela Pinheiro Freire, Thais Guimarães, Ana Paula Cury, Flávia Rossi, Camila Fonseca Rizek, Roberta Cristina Ruedas Martins, Silvia Figueiredo Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Colistin resistance
Hospital epidemiology
Antibiotic therapy
Genome sequencing
Polymyxins
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