E. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae — China
Chinese scientists are reporting a deadly outbreak of MCR-1-producing _Klebsiella pneumoniae_ among pediatric leukemia patients in China, apparently the 1st reported hospital outbreak involving the colistin-resistance gene [1].
In a letter published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, researchers say clinical isolates–including 1 _Escherichia coli_ and 5 _K. pneumoniae_–from 6 patients with pneumonia admitted to a pediatric leukemia ward in Guangzhou, China, were found to harbor the
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