Open AccessMolecular Characterization of Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Egyptian Pediatric Cancer Patients Including a Strain with a Rare Gene-Combination of β-Lactamases
Author(s) -
Dina Mohamed Osama,
Hadir A. El-Mahallawy,
Mohamed Mansour,
Abdelgawad Hashem,
Ahmed S. Attia
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s284455
Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , meropenem , plasmid , intergenic region , polymerase chain reaction , gene , transferability , carbapenem , genotype , escherichia coli , antibiotic resistance , antibiotics , genetics , genome , statistics , mathematics , logit
Healthcare-associated infections caused by multi-drug-resistant (MDR) pathogens are a global threat. We aim to assess the clonal relatedness among carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (CPKP) strains infecting Egyptian pediatric cancer patients.