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First report of investigation into an outbreak due to carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a tertiary Brazilian hospital,with extension to a patient in the community
This is the description of an investigation into an outbreak of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC) that involved 22 inpatients in a public Brazilian hospital specialising in cardiac surgery, where these bacteria had never been isolated before. The dissemination of KPC also involved an external patient. This is the first description of a KPC outbreak in a Brazilian hospital.
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