A fatal bacteremia caused by hypermucousviscous KPC-2 producing extensively drug-resistant K64-ST11 Klebsiella pneumoniae in Brazil

We report a fatal bacteremia caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae in a 60–70-year-old patient from Brazil. The genomic analysis of three isolates (from blood culture, nasal and anal swabs) showed that the bacteremia was caused by a KPC-2 producing extensively drug-resistant K64-ST11 hypermucousviscous K....

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Main Authors: Campos, Tatiana Amabile de, Gonçalves, Laura Fernandes, Magalhães, Kelly Grace, Martins, Vicente de Paulo, Pappas Júnior, Georgios Joannis, Peirano, Gisele, Pitout, Johann D. D., Gonçalves, Guilherme Bartolomeu, Furlan, João Pedro Rueda, Stehling, Eliana Guedes, Pitondo-Silva, André
Format: Artigo
Language: Inglês
Published: Frontiers 2021
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Online Access: https://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/40952
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2018.00265
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