Open AccessDissemination of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11 isolates with carbapenem resistance in integrated and emergency intensive care units in a Chinese tertiary hospital
Author(s) -
Yu Feng,
Longhua Hu,
Qiaoshi Zhong,
Yaping Hang,
Yanling Liu,
Xiaoyan Hu,
Hui Ding,
Yanhui Chen,
XU Xiu-hua,
Xueyao Fang,
Fangyou Yu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000981
Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , multilocus sequence typing , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , virulence , plasmid , typing , carbapenem , intensive care , genotype , gene , escherichia coli , medicine , genetics , antibiotics , intensive care medicine
The aim of the present study was to investigate the dissemination of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) isolates in integrated intensive care units (IICUs) and emergency ICUs (EICUs) for controlling the spread of CRKP in different ICUs of the hospital.