Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: genetic diversity, mechanisms of resistance to polymyxins and clinical outcomes in a tertiary teaching hospital in Brazil.
In conclusion, we observed resistance to polymyxin in severely ill patients mostly from intensive care units and/or immunosuppressed patients with high mortality rates in whom a diversity of ColRKP clusters was identified and might indicate selective pressure.
PMID: 31241658 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Boszczowski I, Salomão MC, Moura ML, Freire MP, Guimarães T, Cury AP, Rossi F, Rizek CF, Martins RCR, Costa SF Tags: Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Source Type: research