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Spread of multidrug-resistant high-risk Klebsiella pneumoniae clones in a tertiary hospital from southern Brazil

2017; Elsevier BV; Volume: 56; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.meegid.2017.10.011

1567-7257

Guilherme Bartolomeu Gonçalves, João Pedro Rueda Furlan, Eliana Carolina Vespero, Marsileni Pelisson, Eliana Guedes Stehling, André Pitondo‐Silva,

Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts

Klebsiella pneumoniae is among the most important pathogens found in hospitals. The emergence of multiple antibiotic resistant K. pneumoniae associated with its virulence factors is a worldwide concern and its early identification is crucial, especially for controlling the spread of emerging clones. This article reports a high prevalence of multiresistant K. pneumoniae in a university hospital in southern Brazil, harboring several virulence and β-lactamase encoding genes, including pandrug-resistant high-risk international clones belonging to the clonal group 258 (ST11, ST15, ST101, ST258, ST340 and ST874).