TY - JOUR
T1 - First report on a hyperepidemic clone of KPC-3-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Israel genetically related to a strain causing outbreaks in the United States
AU - Navon-Venezia, Shiri
AU - Leavitt, Azita
AU - Schwaber, Mitchell J.
AU - Rasheed, J. Kamile
AU - Srinivasan, Arjun
AU - Patel, Jean B.
AU - Carmeli, Yehuda
AU - Rubinovitch, B.
AU - Muskovitch, I.
AU - Schwartz-Harari, O.
AU - Dan, M.
AU - Zimhony, O.
AU - Bardenstein, R.
AU - Lazarovitch, T.
AU - Schwartz, D.
AU - Keness, Y.
AU - Raz, R.
AU - Shimoni, Z.
AU - Paikin, S.
PY - 2009/2
Y1 - 2009/2
N2 - A highly epidemic carbapenem-resistant clone of KPC-3-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae emerged in Israel in 2006, causing a nationwide outbreak. This clone was genetically related to outbreak strains from the United States isolated in 2000 but differed in KPC-carrying plasmids. The threat of the global spread of hyperepidemic, extensively drug-resistant bacterial strains should be recognized and confronted.
AB - A highly epidemic carbapenem-resistant clone of KPC-3-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae emerged in Israel in 2006, causing a nationwide outbreak. This clone was genetically related to outbreak strains from the United States isolated in 2000 but differed in KPC-carrying plasmids. The threat of the global spread of hyperepidemic, extensively drug-resistant bacterial strains should be recognized and confronted.
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U2 - 10.1128/AAC.00987-08
DO - 10.1128/AAC.00987-08
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C2 - 19029323
AN - SCOPUS:59749088655
SN - 0066-4804
VL - 53
SP - 818
EP - 820
JO - Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
JF - Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
IS - 2
ER -