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Molecular Evolution of a Klebsiella pneumoniae ST278 Isolate Harboring blaNDM-7 and Involved in Nosocomial Transmission.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2016
Lynch Tarah, Chen Liang, Peirano Gisele, Gregson Dan B, Church Deirdre L, Conly John, Kreiswirth Barry N, Pitout Johann D
Abstract excerpt
During 2013, ST278 Klebsiella pneumoniae with blaNDM-7 was isolated from the urine (KpN01) and rectum (KpN02) of a patient in Calgary, Canada. The same strain (KpN04) was subsequently isolated from another patient in the same unit. Interestingly, a carbapenem-susceptible K. pneumoniae ST278 (KpN06) was obtained 1 month later from the blood of the second patient. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) revealed that the...
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