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Comparative genomic analysis of KPC-encoding pKpQIL-like plasmids and their distribution in New Jersey and New York Hospitals.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 May 2014
Chen Liang, Chavda Kalyan D, Melano Roberto G, Jacobs Michael R, Koll Brian, Hong Tao, Rojtman Albert D, Levi Michael H, Bonomo Robert A, Kreiswirth Barry N
Abstract excerpt
The global spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) is predominately associated with K. pneumoniae strains genotyped as sequence type 258 (ST258). The first ST258-associated plasmid, pKpQIL, was described in Israel in 2006, but its history in the northeastern United States remains unknown. Six pKpQIL-like plasmids from four K. pneumoniae isolates (three ST258 and one ST234), one Escherichia coli...
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