TY - JOUR
AU - Mendes, Ana Constança
AU - Novais, Ângela
AU - Campos, Joana
AU - Rodrigues, Carla
AU - Santos, Cláudia
AU - Antunes, Patrícia
AU - Ramos, Helena
AU - Peixe, Luísa
T1 - mcr-1 in Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae with Hospitalized Patients, Portugal, 2016–2017
T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal
PY - 2018
VL - 24
IS - 4
SP - 762
SN - 1080-6059
AB - We describe a hospital-based outbreak caused by multidrug-resistant, Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase 3–producing, mcr-1–positive K. pneumoniae sequence type 45 in Portugal. mcr-1 was located in an IncX4 plasmid. Our data highlight the urgent need for systematic surveillance of mcr-1 to support adequate therapeutic choices in the nosocomial setting.
KW - plasmid-mediated colistin resistance
KW - mcr
KW - carbapenem
KW - multidrug resistance
KW - colonization
KW - outbreak
KW - Portugal
KW - mcr-1
KW - bacteria
KW - Klebsiella pneumonia
KW - antimicrobial resistance
KW - ST45
KW - IncX4
KW - nosocomial infection
KW - Klebsiella pneumoniae
DO - 10.3201/eid2404.171787
UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/4/17-1787_article
ER - End of Reference