An Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant and Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in an Intensive Care Unit of a Major Teaching Hospital in Wenzhou, China

• Main Authors: Yajie Zhao (Author), Xiucai Zhang (Author), Von Vergel L. Torres (Author), Haiyang Liu (Author), Andrea Rocker (Author), Yizhi Zhang (Author), Jiawei Wang (Author), Lijiang Chen (Author), Wenzi Bi (Author), Jie Lin (Author), Richard A. Strugnell (Author), Siqin Zhang (Author), Trevor Lithgow (Author), Tieli Zhou (Author), Jianming Cao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Carbapenem-resistant, hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-hvKP) has recently emerged as a significant threat to public health. In this study, 29 K. pneumoniae isolates were isolated from eight patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a comprehensive teaching hospital located in Chin...