Expansion of clonal complex 258 KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Latin American hospitals: report of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program
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Expansion of clonal complex 258 KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Latin American hospitals: report of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program
Comment on
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Dissemination of blaKPC-2 by the spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae clonal complex 258 clones (ST258, ST11, ST437) and plasmids (IncFII, IncN, IncL/M) among Enterobacteriaceae species in Brazil.Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Jul;55(7):3579-83. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01783-10. Epub 2011 May 16. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011. PMID: 21576442 Free PMC article.
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