Carbapenem-Resistant Isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae in China and Detection of a Conjugative Plasmid ( bla KPC-2 plus qnrB4 ) and a bla IMP-4 Gene
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- 1 February 2008
- journal article
- letter
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 52 (2) , 798-799
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.01185-07
Abstract
Wei et al. ([13][1]) recently described the emergence of plasmid-mediated KPC-2 carbapenemase in a Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate from China. Interestingly, KPC-producing isolates, which were initially restricted to hospitals located in the New York City area ([2][2]), have recently been detected inKeywords
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