Dissemination of the high-risk cloneST147 carbapenem-resistant klebsiella pneumoniae from a local tertiary care hospital in the Republic of Korea

• Main Authors: Jungsun Park (Author), Eunkyung Shin (Author), Gwang Rip Hwang (Author), Min-Kyeong Kim (Author), Seongjae Joo (Author), Hyun Ju Jeong (Author), Jin Seok Kim (Author), Jaeil Yoo (Author), Junyoung Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The emergence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) infections is rapidly increasing and represents a serious public threat. In 2020, a total of 16,883 carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales strains were collected; among these isolates, 21 strains were repeatedly isola...