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Liang Chen1, Kalyan D Chavda, José R Mediavilla, Michael R Jacobs, Michael H Levi, Robert A Bonomo, Barry N Kreiswirth.
Abstract
We describe a novel Tn4401 variant (Tn4401d) in epidemic Klebsiella pneumoniae clone ST258, from which a partial bla(KPC) fragment has been excised along with ISKpn7 and a partial tnpA fragment. Nested-PCR experiments confirmed that this region can be removed from distinct Tn4401 isoforms in both K. pneumoniae and Escherichia coli. This study highlights that the region surrounding bla(KPC) is undergoing recombination and that Tn4401 itself is heterogeneous and highly plastic.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22203593 PMCID: PMC3294926 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.06182-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191