Multiplicity of Carbapenemase-Producers Three Years after a KPC-3-Producing <i>K. pneumoniae</i> ST147-K64 Hospital Outbreak

• Main Authors: Ana Margarida Guerra (Author), Agostinho Lira (Author), Angelina Lameirão (Author), Aurélia Selaru (Author), Gabriela Abreu (Author), Paulo Lopes (Author), Margarida Mota (Author), Ângela Novais (Author), Luísa Peixe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Carbapenem resistance rates increased exponentially between 2014 and 2017 in Portugal (~80%), especially in <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i>. We characterized the population of carbapanemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) infecting or colonizing hospitalized patients (2017-2018) in a centr...