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Clonal spread of KPC-2 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Greece

Author(s) -

Spyros Pournaras,

Efthymia Protonotariou,

Evangelia Voulgari,

Ioulia Kristo,

Evangelia Dimitroulia,

Danai Vitti,

Maria Tsalidou,

Antonios N. Maniatis,

Athanassios Tsakris,

Danai Sofianou

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkp207

Subject(s) - meropenem , ertapenem , klebsiella pneumoniae , etest , imipenem , microbiology and biotechnology , colistin , tigecycline , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , agar dilution , biology , carbapenem , antibiotics , medicine , genotype , minimum inhibitory concentration , antibiotic resistance , escherichia coli , gene , biochemistry

KPC-possessing Klebsiella pneumoniae have been found to be widespread in several regions but are still rarely detected in Europe. We describe the characteristics of an outbreak caused by KPC producers in a tertiary care Greek hospital.

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