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Plasmid comparison and molecular analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae harbouring blaKPC from New York City and Toronto
Author(s) -
Laura Mataseje,
David A. Boyd,
Barbara Willey,
Nita Rosalinda Prayitno,
N. Kreiswirth,
A. Gelosia,
Susan M. Poutanen,
Donald E. Low,
Stephen G. Jenkins,
Kevin Katz,
M. R. Mulvey
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkr092
Subject(s) - plasmid , klebsiella pneumoniae , multilocus sequence typing , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , escherichia coli , replicon , typing , genetics , multiple drug resistance , gene , genotype , drug resistance
This study examined Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates and their bla(KPC) plasmids to determine potential relatedness of the isolates and their plasmids harbouring carbapenem resistance mechanisms.

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