ABSTRACT
A suspected outbreak of multi-drug resistant (MDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Malawian neonatal unit was investigated using whole-genome sequencing. Strain-types, virulence and resistance genes of K. pneumoniae isolated from patients from the hospital over a four-year period were identified. A MDR ST340 clone was implicated as the likely outbreak cause.
Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
ABBREVIATIONS
- (BSI)
- Blood stream infection;
- (ESBL)
- Extended spectrum beta-lactamase;
- (MDR)
- Multi-drug resistance;
- (MLST)
- Multi locus sequence type;
- (ST)
- Sequence type;
- (QECH)
- Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital.
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