Genomic analysis of the first KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from a patient in Riyadh: A new public health concern in Saudi Arabia

• Main Authors: Majed F. Alghoribi (Author), Khalifa Binkhamis (Author), Abdulrahman A. Alswaji (Author), Ali Alhijji (Author), Aynaa Alsharidi (Author), Hanan H. Balkhy (Author), Michel Doumith (Author), Ali Somily (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Enterobacteriaceae have been isolated from human patients in many countries across the globe but rarely in Saudi Arabia. Here we provide the genomic characterization of the first KPC-producing K. pneumoniae isolated from the urine of a patient in R...