First Report of blaIMP-14 on a Plasmid Harboring Multiple Drug Resistance Genes in Escherichia coli Sequence Type 131.

The blaIMP-14 carbapenem resistance gene has largely previously been observed in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. As part of global surveillance and sequencing of carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli, we identified a sequence type 131 strain harboring blaIMP-14 within a class 1 integro...

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Main Authors: Stoesser, N, Sheppard, A, Peirano, G, Sebra, R, Lynch, T, Anson, L, Kasarskis, A, Motyl, M, Crook, D, Pitout, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016