Outbreak of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae harbouring blaVIM-2 among mechanically-ventilated drug-poisoning patients with high mortality rate in Iran

•Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) accounted for 9.4% (5/53) of K. pneumoniae from ventilator-associated pneumonia.•The mortality rate among hvKP-infected patients was 80% (4/5).•hvKP isolates were ST23 (Pasteur MLST) and were indistinguishable by PFGE.•A class 1 integron harboured blaVIM-2...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of global antimicrobial resistance. 2018-12, Vol.15, p.93-98
Hauptverfasser:	Mohammad Ali Tabrizi, Amir, Badmasti, Farzad, Shahcheraghi, Fereshteh, Azizi, Omid
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	blaVIM-2 Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae Ventilated-associated pneumonia
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