Clonal complex 258, the most frequently found multilocus sequence type complex in KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated in Brazilian hospitals

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Adriana G Nicoletti et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Aug.

. 2012 Aug;56(8):4563-4; author reply 4565.

doi: 10.1128/AAC.00219-12.

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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.
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