The spread of KPC-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Spain: WGS analysis of the emerging high-risk clones ofKlebsiella pneumoniaeST11/KPC-2, ST101/KPC-2 and ST512/KPC-3
Author(s) -
Jesús Oteo,
Marı́a Pérez-Vázquez,
Verónica Bautista,
Adriana Ortega,
Pilar Zamarrón,
David Saéz,
Sara Fernández-Romero,
Noelia Lara,
Raquel Ramiro,
Belén Aracil,
José Campos
Publication year - 2016
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/dkw321
Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , multilocus sequence typing , enterobacteriaceae , enterobacter cloacae , gene , genetics , escherichia coli , genotype
We analysed the microbiological traits and population structure of KPC-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates collected in Spain between 2012 and 2014. We also performed a comparative WGS analysis of the three major KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clones detected.
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