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Emergence of mcr-8.1-bearing MDR-hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae ST307.
Microbiology spectrum - 4 Feb 2025
Sheng Jie, Cave Rory, Ter-Stepanyan Mary M, Lu Siyu, Wang Yingxiong, Liu Taihang, Mkrtchyan Hermine V
Abstract excerpt
We report for the first time whole-genome sequencing of four multidrug-resistant sequence type (ST) 307 Klebsiella pneumoniae recovered from patients in two hospitals in Armenia. Comparative genomic analysis revealed that the isolates were closely related, with a maximum of 39 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) differences in the core genome. All Armenian isolates carried the integrative and conjugative element...
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- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Humans
- Klebsiella Infections
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
