Genomic characterization of IMP and VIM carbapenemase-encoding transferable plasmids of Enterobacteriaceae
Author(s) -
Yasufumi Matsumura,
Gisele Peirano,
Patricia A. Bradford,
Mary Motyl,
Rebekah DeVinney,
Johann Pitout
Publication year - 2018
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/dky303
Subject(s) - plasmid , klebsiella pneumoniae , enterobacteriaceae , biology , replicon , microbiology and biotechnology , transformation (genetics) , genetics , gene , escherichia coli
IMP and VIM carbapenemases, in association with class 1 integrons, have spread globally among multiple Enterobacteriaceae species. We characterized IMP- and VIM-encoding transferable plasmids of clinical Enterobacteriaceae collected from two global surveillance programmes.
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