The Balkan region: NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11 clonal strain causing outbreaks in Greece
Author(s) -
Evangelia Voulgari,
Constantina Gartzonika,
Georgia Vrioni,
Lida Politi,
Efthalia Priavali,
Stamatina Levidiotou-Stefanou,
Athanassios Tsakris
Publication year - 2014
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/dku105
Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , outbreak , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , strain (injury) , virology , klebsiella , escherichia coli , gene , genetics , anatomy
Despite the fact that the NDM-1 carbapenemase has successfully disseminated worldwide, outbreaks remain uncommon in the European region. We describe the characteristics of the first outbreaks caused by NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clonal isolates in Greece.
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