Characterisation of the first ongoing outbreak due to KPC-3-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (ST512) in Spain

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents - Tập 44 Số 6 - Trang 538-540 - 2014
Lorena López‐Cerero1, Pilar Egea2, Irene Gracia-Ahufinger3, Marcelino González-Padilla3, Fernando Rodríguez-López4, Jesús Rodríguez‐Baño2, Álvaro Pascual5
1Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Unit, University Hospital Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].
2Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Unit, University Hospital Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain
3Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain
4Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain; Department of Microbiology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
5Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Unit, University Hospital Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain; Department of Microbiology, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.

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