mcr-1 in Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Hospitalized Patients, Portugal, 2016-2017

We describe a hospital-based outbreak caused by multidrug-resistant, Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase 3-producing, mcr-1-positive K. pneumoniae sequence type 45 in Portugal. mcr-1 was located in an IncX4 plasmid. Our data highlight the urgent need for systematic surveillance of mcr-1 to support a...

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Main Author: Mendes, AC (author)
Other Authors: Novais, A (author), Campos, J (author), Rodrigues, C (author), Santos, C (author), Antunes, Patrícia (author), Ramos, H (author), Peixe, L. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Ciências da Saúde, Ciências médicas e da saúde
Health sciences, Medical and Health sciences
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/113186
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/113186

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