Replacement of KPC-producing pandemic lineages and dissemination of plasmids associated with antimicrobial resistance determinants during inpatient’s hospitalization

Replacement of KPC-producing pandemic lineages and dissemination of plasmids associated with antimicrobial resistance determinants during inpatient’s hospitalization

ABSTRACT: Objectives: The emergence of blaKPC-2 within nosocomial settings has become a major public health crisis worldwide. Our aim was to perform whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of three KPC-producing Gram-negative bacilli (KPC-GNB) strains isolated from a hospitalized patient to identify acquired...

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Main Authors: Verónica E. Álvarez, Natalia García Allende, Mariana G. Massó, María Piekar, Josefina Campos, Barbara Fox, Anahí S. Gambino, Liliana Fernández-Canigia, María P. Quiroga, Daniela Centrón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-03-01
Series:Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
Subjects:
Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258
Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11
Carbapenem resistance
blaKPC-2
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716522002454

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