Oxacillinase-181 Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Ghana, 2017-2019

Appiah-Korang Labi, Karen L Nielsen, Rasmus L Marvig, Stephanie Bjerrum, Christabel Enweronu-Laryea, Marc Bennedbæk, Mercy J Newman, Prosper K Ayibor, Leif P Andersen, Jørgen A L Kurtzhals

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume26
Issue number9
Pages (from-to)2235-2238
Number of pages4
ISSN1080-6040
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2020

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