Characterization of OXA-48-like carbapenemase producers in Canada, 2011–14
Author(s) -
Laura Mataseje,
David A. Boyd,
Jeffrey Fuller,
David Haldane,
Linda Hoang,
Brigitte Lefebvre,
Roberto G. Melano,
Susan M. Poutanen,
Paul Van Caeseele,
Michael R. Mulvey
Publication year - 2017
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/dkx462
Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , escherichia coli , enterobacteriaceae , plasmid , microbiology and biotechnology , multilocus sequence typing , biology , mcr 1 , colistin , etest , molecular epidemiology , gene , genetics , genotype , antibiotics
Since the first identification of the OXA-48 carbapenemase in 2001, Enterobacteriaceae harbouring OXA-48-like enzymes have been reported globally. Here, we applied WGS to characterize the molecular epidemiology of these bacterial isolates.
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