Inter-hospital outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing KPC-2 carbapenemase in Ireland
Author(s) -
Dearbháile Morris,
Fiona Boyle,
Carol Morris,
Iris Condon,
Anne-Sophie Delannoy-Vieillard,
L. Power,
A. Khan,
M. Morris-Downes,
C. Finnegan,
J. Powell,
R Monahan,
Karen Burns,
N.H. O’Connell,
L. Boyle,
A. O'Gorman,
H. Humphreys,
Sylvain Brisse,
Jane F. Turton,
N. Woodford,
Martin Cormican
Publication year - 2012
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/dks239
Subject(s) - ertapenem , multilocus sequence typing , klebsiella pneumoniae , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , meropenem , imipenem , microbiology and biotechnology , multiple loci vntr analysis , biology , etest , typing , infection control , virology , medicine , variable number tandem repeat , genotype , escherichia coli , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , genetics , gene , pathology
To describe an outbreak of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae with inter-hospital spread and measures taken to control transmission.
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