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Emergence of KPC-134, a KPC-2 variant associated with ceftazidime-avibactam resistance in a ST11 Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical strain
29 Sept 2023
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ABSTRACT The emergence of various new Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) variants leading to ceftazidime-avibactam treatment failure is a new challenge in current clinical anti-infection treatment. Here, we report a ceftazidime-avibactam-resistant K. pneumoniae 1072–2 clinical strain carrying a novel KPC variant, KPC-134, which differs from KPC-2 by both single mutation (D178A) and 8-amino acid insertions...
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