TY - JOUR AU - Labi, Appiah-Korang AU - Nielsen, Karen AU - Marvig, Rasmus AU - Bjerrum, Stephanie AU - Enweronu-Laryea, Christabel AU - Bennedbæk, Marc AU - Newman, Mercy AU - Ayibor, Prosper AU - Andersen, Leif AU - Kurtzhals, Jørgen A.L. T1 - Oxacillinase-181 Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Ghana, 2017–2019 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 9 SP - 2235 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We sequenced 29 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from a neonatal intensive care unit in Ghana. Twenty-eight isolates were sequence type 17 with blaOXA-181 and differed by 0–32 single-nucleotide polymorphisms. Improved surveillance and infection control are needed to characterize and curb the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms in sub-Saharan Africa. KW - neonatal intensive care unit KW - Ghana KW - Klebsiella pneumoniae KW - whole-genome sequencing KW - bloodstream infection KW - carbapenemase-producing KW - bacteria KW - carbapenem KW - carbapenemase KW - antimicrobial resistance DO - 10.3201/eid2609.200562 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/9/20-0562_article ER - End of Reference