| Literature DB >> 28167551 |
Brandon Eilertson1, Liang Chen2, Kalyan D Chavda2, Barry N Kreiswirth2.
Abstract
Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Enterobacteriaceae have now become a global public health threat. However, the origin of this pandemic and the characterization of pre-2003 blaKPC-harboring plasmids remain unknown. Here we used next-generation sequencing to characterize two KPC-2-producing K. pneumoniae and Kmichiganensis isolates collected from a New York City hospital in 1997. Although identified in two different Klebsiella species, the blaKPC-2 gene was harbored by Tn4401b transposons on two highly similar IncN plasmids.Entities:
Keywords: CRE; KPC; Tn4401b; carbapenems
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28167551 PMCID: PMC5365676 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02458-16
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191