Detection of a hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae co-producing NDM-5 and OXA-48 carbapenemases with sequence type 383, Brescia, Italy

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2020 Oct;56(4):106130. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.106130. Epub 2020 Aug 4.

¹ Institute of Microbiology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia-Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy; Risk Analysis and Genomic Epidemiology Unit, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna, Parma, Italy.
² Institute of Microbiology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia-Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.
³ Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy; Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Spedali Civili University Hospital, Brescia, Italy.
⁴ Institute of Microbiology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia-Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].

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Keywords: Carbapenem; Hypervirulence; Whole genome sequencing; sequence type.

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