Co-existence of virulence factors and antibiotic resistance in new Klebsiella pneumoniae clones emerging in south of Italy

Fasciana, Teresa; Gentile, Bernardina; Aquilina, Maria; Ciammaruconi, Andrea; Mascarella, Chiara; Anselmo, Anna; Fortunato, Antonella; Fillo, Silvia; Petralito, Giancarlo; Lista, Florigio; Giammanco, Anna

doi:10.1186/s12879-019-4565-3

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Co-existence of virulence factors and antibiotic resistance in new Klebsiella pneumoniae clones emerging in south of Italy

Published in BMC Infectious Diseases • Nov 4, 2019

Authors:

Teresa Fasciana

Bernardina Gentile

Maria Aquilina

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Endemic presence of Klebsiella pneumoniae resistant to carbapenem in Italy has been due principally to the clonal expansion of CC258 isolates; however, recent studies suggest an ongoing epidemiological change in this geographical area. METHODS: 50 K. pneumoniae strains, 25 carbapenem-res...

Subject

Multilocus sequence typing

Biology

Klebsiella pneumoniae

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