| Literature DB >> 19029323 |
Shiri Navon-Venezia1, Azita Leavitt, Mitchell J Schwaber, J Kamile Rasheed, Arjun Srinivasan, Jean B Patel, Yehuda Carmeli.
Abstract
A highly epidemic carbapenem-resistant clone of KPC-3-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae emerged in Israel in 2006, causing a nationwide outbreak. This clone was genetically related to outbreak strains from the United States isolated in 2000 but differed in KPC-carrying plasmids. The threat of the global spread of hyperepidemic, extensively drug-resistant bacterial strains should be recognized and confronted.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19029323 PMCID: PMC2630632 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00987-08
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191