Small Klebsiella pneumoniae Plasmids: Neglected Contributors to Antibiotic Resistance

Small Klebsiella pneumoniae Plasmids: Neglected Contributors to Antibiotic Resistance

Klebsiella pneumoniae is the causative agent of community- and, more commonly, hospital-acquired infections. Infections caused by this bacterium have recently become more dangerous due to the acquisition of multiresistance to antibiotics and the rise of hypervirulent variants. Plasmids usually carry...

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Main Authors: Maria S. Ramirez, Andrés Iriarte, Rodrigo Reyes-Lamothe, David J. Sherratt, Marcelo E. Tolmasky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
transposon
integron
plasmid
ESKAPE
Klebsiella
multidrug resistance
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02182/full

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