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. 2018 Apr 6;5(5):ofy074.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofy074. eCollection 2018 May.

Case Report of an Extensively Drug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection With Genomic Characterization of the Strain and Review of Similar Cases in the United States

Fiorella Krapp  1 , Egon A Ozer  1 , Chao Qi  2 , Alan R Hauser  1   3
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Case Report of an Extensively Drug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection With Genomic Characterization of the Strain and Review of Similar Cases in the United States

Fiorella Krapp et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Reports of extensively drug-resistant and pan-drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (XDR-KP and PDR-KP) cases are increasing worldwide. Here, we report a case of XDR-KP with an in-depth molecular characterization of resistance genes using whole-genome sequencing, and we review all cases of XDR-KP and PDR-KP reported in the United States to date.

Keywords: Klebsiella pneumoniae; antibiotic resistance; extensively drug-resistant; resistance genes.

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