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Identification of a Novel KPC Variant, KPC-204, Conferring Resistance to Both Carbapenems and Ceftazidime-Avibactam in an ST11 Klebsiella Pneumoniae Strain
2024-05-17
Abstract excerpt
This study describes KPC-204, a novel variant of Klebsiella Pneumoniae carbapenemase, characterized by a KDD amino acid insertion at Ambler position 269 deviates from KPC-2. This variant was identified in an ST11-type clinical isolate of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae from China. Notably, KPC-204 exhibits resistance to both ceftazidime-avibactam and carbapenems. Genetic analysis revealed that blaKPC-20...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 87e2b09e-8e1f-5b39-a3e2-0182a3e4bd96
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202405.1139.v1
