New genetic environments of aac(6′)-Ib-cr gene in a multiresistant Klebsiella oxytoca strain causing an outbreak in a pediatric intensive care unit

Outbreak caused by a multi-resistant Kle

Outbreak caused by a multi-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strain of new sequence type ST341 carrying new genetic environments of aac(6′)-Ib-cr and qnrS1 genes in a neonatal intensive care unit in Spain

✍ Elena Ruiz; Beatriz Rojo-Bezares; Yolanda Sáenz; Inés Olarte; Inés Esteban; Rosa 📂 Article 📅 2010 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 293 KB

An outbreak due to a Klebsiella pneumoniae clone occurred in a neonatal intensive care unit of a Spanish Hospital in which three newborns were infected (all with gestational age ≤29 weeks; two of them died) and seven were colonized (gestational age >32 weeks; none died). One K. pneumoniae strain per