Characterization of a CTX-M-15 Producing Klebsiella Pneumoniae Outbreak Strain Assigned to a Novel Sequence Type (1427)

Extended-spectrum -lactamase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae have emerged as one of the major nosocomial pathogens. Between July and September 2012, a CTX-M-15 producing K. pneumoniae caused an outbreak in a university hospital in the Netherlands. The outbreak isolates were characterized and assigne...

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Main Authors: Zhou, Kai, Lokate, Mariëtte, Deurenberg, Ruud H., Arends, Jan, Lo-Ten Foe, Jerome, Grundmann, Hajo, Rossen, John W. A., Friedrich, Alexander W.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4639626/