KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, finally targeting Turkey
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KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, finally targeting Turkey
We report here the first identification of the worldwide spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-2-producing and carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae clone ST258 in Turkey, a country where the distantly-related carbapenemase OXA-48 is known to be endemic. Worryingly, this isolate was also resistant to colistin, now considered to be the last-resort antibiotic for carbapenem-resistant isolates.
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عنوان ژورنال: New Microbes and New Infections
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2052-2975
DOI: 10.1002/nmi2.42