Clinical and Molecular Description of a High-Copy IncQ1 KPC-2 Plasmid Harbored by the International ST15 <named-content content-type="genus-species">Klebsiella pneumoniae</named-content> Clone

Clinical and Molecular Description of a High-Copy IncQ1 KPC-2 Plasmid Harbored by the International ST15 <named-content content-type="genus-species">Klebsiella pneumoniae</named-content> Clone

ABSTRACT This study provides the genomic characterization and clinical description of bloodstream infections (BSI) cases due to ST15 KPC-2 producer Klebsiella pneumoniae. Six KPC-K. pneumoniae isolates were recovered in 2015 in a tertiary Brazilian hospital and were analyzed by whole-genome sequenci...

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Main Authors: Willames M. B. S. Martins, Marisa F. Nicolas, Yang Yu, Mei Li, Priscila Dantas, Kirsty Sands, Edward Portal, Luiz G. P. Almeida, Ana Tereza R. Vasconcelos, Eduardo A. Medeiros, Mark A. Toleman, Timothy R. Walsh, Ana C. Gales, Diego O. Andrey
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020
Subjects:
Gram-negative bacteria
IncQ1
KPC-2
Klebsiella pneumoniae
ST15
bloodstream infections
Microbiology
QR1-502
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/21bbd29046ea47fdbcaf6a855ce3246e
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