Detection and Spread of Escherichia coli Possessing the Plasmid-Borne Carbapenemase KPC-2 in Brooklyn, New York
Open Access
- 1 April 2007
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 44 (7) , 972-975
- https://doi.org/10.1086/512370
Abstract
A carbapenem-resistant isolate of Escherichia coli was identified that possessed a 23-kb plasmid encoding Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase type 2Keywords
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