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Case Report

A Case of Sepsis Due to Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in an Extremely Low-Birth Weight Infant Treated with Trimethoprim–Sulfamethoxazole

Bowen Weng1 Department of Neonatology, Shanghai Children’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200062, People’s Republic of China
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Xiaoyue Zhang1 Department of Neonatology, Shanghai Children’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200062, People’s Republic of China
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Wenchao Hong1 Department of Neonatology, Shanghai Children’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200062, People’s Republic of China
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Chongbing Yan1 Department of Neonatology, Shanghai Children’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200062, People’s Republic of China
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Xiaohui Gong1 Department of Neonatology, Shanghai Children’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200062, People’s Republic of China
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Cheng Cai1 Department of Neonatology, Shanghai Children’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200062, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 2321-2325 | Published online: 22 Jun 2021

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