Open AccessCarriage of blaKPC-2 by a virulence plasmid in hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae
Author(s) -
Ning Dong,
Dachuan Lin,
Rong Zhang,
Edward WaiChi Chan,
Sheng Chen
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/dky358
Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , carriage , microbiology and biotechnology , virulence , plasmid , biology , virology , klebsiella , enterobacteriaceae , medicine , escherichia coli , genetics , gene , pathology
To characterize a plasmid in a K1 hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (HvKP) strain encoding both hypervirulence and carbapenem resistance phenotypes.
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