Emergence of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae of sequence type 258 in Michigan, USA

• Main Authors: Ruchika Jain (Author), Seth T. Walk (Author), David M. Aronoff (Author), Vincent B. Young (Author), Duane W. Newton (Author), Carol E. Chenoweth (Author), Laraine L. Washer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The prevalence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in our hospital increased beginning in 2009. We aimed to study the clinical and molecular epidemiology of these emerging isolates. We performed a retrospective review of all adult patients with clinical cultures confirmed as CPE by p...