Genomic analysis of an extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST312 harbouring IncU plasmid-mediated blaKPC-2 isolated from ascitic fluid

ABSTRACT: Objectives: The Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) is disseminated worldwide mostly by plasmids. However, in Pseudomonas aeruginosa chromosomal mutations are more frequently responsible for resistance to carbapenems than the acquisition of mobile elements harbouring carbapenemases...

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Main Authors: Daniela Cristina Tartari, Caetana Paes Zamparette, Graciele Martini, Sandra Christakis, Luiz Henrique Costa, Alessandro Conrado de Oliveira Silveira, Thaís Cristine Marques Sincero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
Subjects:
KPC
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716521000771