Plasmid Promiscuity Explains High Endemicity of KPC-2 Among Colombian Enterobacteriaceae

BACKGROUND: Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) currently pose a significant global public health threat. KPC carbapenemases are highly endemic in Colombia mostly among Enterobacteriaceae. In Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kpn), horizontal transfer of genes encoding KPC and expansion of isolate...

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Autores principales: Rada, Ana Mercedes, Cadena, Elsa De La, Orozco, Nataly, Restrepo, Carlos Agudelo, Capataz, Cesar, Perenguez, Marcela N, Hernández-Gómez, Cristhian, Pallares, Christian, Porras, Paola, Ardila, Javier, Ríos, Rafael, Reyes, Jinnethe, Diaz, Lorena, Correa, Adriana, Villegas, Maria Virginia, Arias, Cesar, Restrepo, Eliana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5630905/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1581

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5630905/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1581

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