Emergence of carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 25-

  Yao, Hong ^a   Qin, Shangshang ^b   Chen, Sheng ^c   Shen, Jianzhong ^d   Du, Xiang Dang ^a  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; TIGECYCLINE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; IRON GENE; IUCA GENE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RMPA GENE; RMPA2 GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION;

CARBAPENEMS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 85035008025     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30628-X     Document Type: Letter

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