| Literature DB >> 29169659 |
Tanise Vendruscolo Dalmolin1, Andreza Francisco Martins2, Alexandre Prehn Zavascki3, Daiana de Lima-Morales4, Afonso Luís Barth5.
Abstract
We identified one clinical isolate of K. pneumoniae harboring the mcr 1 (plasmid of IncX4 family) and blaKPC-2 (plasmid of IncFIB family) genes in southern Brazil. These findings highlight that K. pneumoniae isolates carrying both mcr-1 and blaKPC-2 may emergence as a serious threat to antimicrobial therapy.Entities:
Keywords: Carbapenems; Colistin; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Resistance genes
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Year: 2017 PMID: 29169659 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.09.016
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN: 0732-8893 Impact factor: 2.803