Dissemination of the <named-content content-type="genus-species">Klebsiella pneumoniae</named-content> Carbapenemase in the Health Care Settings: Tracking the Trails of an Elusive Offender
ABSTRACT Transmission of antibiotic resistance genes may be mediated by a variety of molecular mechanisms, from mobility of small genetic elements to clonal spread. Since 1997, the carbapenem-hydrolyzing enzyme Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) has spread in the United States and across the...
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American Society for Microbiology
2011
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