Emerging antimicrobial-resistant high-risk Klebsiella pneumoniae clones ST307 and ST147

G Peirano, L Chen, BN Kreiswirth… - Antimicrobial agents and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
There is an enormous global public health burden due to antimicrobial-resistant (AMR)
Klebsiella pneumoniae high-risk clones. K. pneumoniae ST307 and ST147 are recent …

Clones and Clusters of Antimicrobial-Resistant Klebsiella From Southwestern Nigeria

AO Afolayan, AO Oaikhena, AO Aboderin… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Klebsiella pneumoniae is a World Health Organization high-priority antibiotic-
resistant pathogen. However, little is known about Klebsiella lineages circulating in Nigeria …

Genomic epidemiological analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae from Portuguese hospitals reveals insights into circulating antimicrobial resistance

A Spadar, J Phelan, R Elias, A Modesto, C Caneiras… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) bacteria are an increasing threat to public health and represent
one of the most concerning pathogens involved in life-threatening infections and …

From farm to fork: Colistin voluntary withdrawal in Portuguese farms reflected in decreasing occurrence of mcr‐1‐carrying Enterobacteriaceae from chicken meat

S Ribeiro, J Mourão, Â Novais… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Expansion of mcr‐carrying Enterobacteriaceae (MCR‐E) is a well‐recognized problem
affecting animals, humans and the environment. Ongoing global control actions involve …

NDM-1 Introduction in Portugal through a ST11 KL105 Klebsiella pneumoniae Widespread in Europe

 Novais, RV Ferraz, M Viana, PM da Costa, L Peixe - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The changing epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Southern
European countries is challenging for infection control, and it is critical to identify and track …

Genomic Analysis of Prophages from Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolates

AT Marques, L Tanoeiro, A Duarte, L Gonçalves… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Klebsiella pneumoniae is an increasing threat to public health and represents one of the
most concerning pathogens involved in life-threatening infections. The resistant and …

KPC-3-, GES-5-, and VIM-1-Producing Enterobacterales Isolated from Urban Ponds

P Teixeira, N Pinto, I Henriques, M Tacão - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Carbapenems are antibiotics of pivotal importance in human medicine, the efficacy of which
is threatened by the increasing prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales …

Multiplicity of Carbapenemase-Producers Three Years after a KPC-3-Producing K. pneumoniae ST147-K64 Hospital Outbreak

AM Guerra, A Lira, A Lameirão, A Selaru, G Abreu… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Carbapenem resistance rates increased exponentially between 2014 and 2017 in Portugal
(~ 80%), especially in Klebsiella pneumoniae. We characterized the population of …

Methylation analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae from Portuguese hospitals

A Spadar, J Perdigão, J Phelan, J Charleston… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Klebsiella pneumoniae is an important nosocomial infectious agent with a high antimicrobial
resistance (AMR) burden. The application of long read sequencing technologies is providing …

Whole-genome sequencing enables molecular characterization of non-clonal group 258 high-risk clones (ST13, ST17, ST147 and ST307) among Carbapenem …

G Mendes, JF Ramalho, A Bruschy-Fonseca, L Lito… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
The carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) strains have been identified by the World
Health Organization as critical priority pathogens in research and development of …