Emergence of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae of sequence type 258 in Michigan, USA

The prevalence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in our hospital increased beginning in 2009. We aimed to study the clinical and molecular epidemiology of these emerging isolates. We performed a retrospective review of all adult patients with clinical cultures confirmed as CPE by p...

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Main Authors: Ruchika Jain, Seth T. Walk, David M. Aronoff, Vincent B. Young, Duane W. Newton, Carol E. Chenoweth, Laraine L. Washer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-03-01
Series:Infectious Disease Reports
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Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/idr/article/view/4466