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- Title
Emergence of blaKPC-containing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a long-term acute care hospital: a new challenge to our healthcare system.
- Authors
Endimiani, Andrea; DePasquale, John M.; Forero, Sandra; Perez, Federico; Hujer, Andrea M.; Roberts-Pollack, Daneshia; Fiorella, Paul D.; Pickens, Nancy; Kitchel, Brandon; Casiano-Colón, Aida E.; Tenover, Fred C.; Bonomo, Robert A.
- Abstract
Objectives: To characterize isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing KPC carbapenemase (KPC-Kp) associated with an outbreak in a long-term acute care hospital (LTACH) in South Florida.
- Subjects
FLORIDA; KLEBSIELLA pneumoniae; CRITICAL care medicine; HOSPITAL care; MEDICAL care; HOSPITALS
- Publication
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (JAC), 2009, Vol 64, Issue 5, p1102
- ISSN
0305-7453
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jac/dkp327