2020
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-73510/v1
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Emergence and Clonal Spread of KPC-2 Producing Clinical Klebsiella Aerogenes Isolates From a Teaching Hospital in Tucuman, Argentina.

Abstract: IntroductionKlebsiella aerogenes is a nosocomial pathogen associated with drug resistance and healthcare-associated infections. We pursued this study to investigate an outbreak of clinical carbapenem-resistant K. aerogenes(CRKA) in an argentinian tertiary hospital which persisted for 4 months despite aggressive infection control measures. The primary goals aimed to evaluate the molecular characteristics and the clonal relationships among the CRKA isolates.MethodsWe characterized CRKA isolates by multiplex PCR … Show more

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