Genomic comparison of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae from humans and gulls in Alaska

Genomic comparison of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae from humans and gulls in Alaska

Objectives: Wildlife may harbour clinically important antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, but the role of wildlife in the epidemiology of antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections in humans is largely unknown. In this study, we aimed to assess dissemination of the blaKPC carbapenemase gene among hu...

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Main Authors: Christina A. Ahlstrom, Anna Frick, Catherine Pongratz, Kimberly Spink, Catherine Xavier, Jonas Bonnedahl, Andrew M. Ramey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
Subjects:
Antimicrobial resistance
Carbapenem resistance
Molecular epidemiology
blaKPC
One Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716521000552

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