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Transferable IncX3 plasmid harboring blaNDM-1, bleMBL, and aph(3')-VI genes from Klebsiella pneumoniae conferring phenotypic carbapenem resistance in E. coli.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Jun 2023
Elshamy Ann A, Saleh Sarra E, Aboshanab Khaled M, Aboulwafa Mohammad M, Hassouna Nadia A
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BACKGROUND: The dissemination of carbapenem resistance via carbapenemases, such as the metallo-β-lactamase NDM, among Enterobacterales poses a public health threat. The aim of this study was to characterize a plasmid carrying the blaNDM-1 gene, which was extracted from a clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae uropathogen from an Egyptian patient suffering from a urinary tract infection. METHODS AND RESULTS: The recovered...
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