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SUBMITTER: Ramos PIP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6050338 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ramos Pablo Ivan Pereira PIP Fernández Do Porto Darío D Lanzarotti Esteban E Sosa Ezequiel J EJ Burguener Germán G Pardo Agustín M AM Klein Cecilia C CC Sagot Marie-France MF de Vasconcelos Ana Tereza R ATR Gales Ana Cristina AC Marti Marcelo M Turjanski Adrián G AG Nicolás Marisa F MF
Scientific reports 20180717 1
Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) is a globally disseminated opportunistic pathogen that can cause life-threatening infections. It has been found as the culprit of many infection outbreaks in hospital environments, being particularly aggressive towards newborns and adults under intensive care. Many Kp strains produce extended-spectrum β-lactamases, enzymes that promote resistance against antibiotics used to fight these infections. The presence of other resistance determinants leading to multidrug-resis ...[more]