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September 17, 2024European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious DiseasesOpen Access

Klebsiella pneumoniae with carbapenemases: high prevalence of sequence type 307 with blaOXA181 in South African community hospitals

Kafilat Taiwo Salvador-Oke Johann Pitout Gisele Peirano Kathy‐Anne Strydom Chanel Kingsburgh Marthie M. Ehlers Marleen M. Kock

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Abstract

This study investigated the molecular characteristics of urinary carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates (n = 194) in Gauteng, South Africa, using simple, cost-effective PCR methodologies. Extensively drug resistant (XDR) ST307 with bla

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