Tandem Repeat of bla_NDM-1 and Clonal Dissemination of a fosA3 and bla_KPC-2 Co-Carrying IncR-F33: A–: B– Plasmid in Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates Collected in a Southwest Hospital in China, 2010–2013

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