505. Making of a “Super-Duper Bug”: Plasmid-Mediated Resistance Accumulation in a Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella quasipneumoniae from Patients and the Environment

BACKGROUND: Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae can form a reservoir in hospital wastewater biofilms. Klebsiella quasipneumoniae is increasingly recognized as an emerging nosocomial threat, frequently carrying antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes on plasmids. The dynamics of AMR gene and plas...

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Autores principales: Mathers, Amy J, Sheppard, Anna, Stoesser, Nicole, Crook, Derrick, Barry, Katie E, Eyre, David, Vegesana, Kasi B, Parikh, Hardik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6811105/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.574

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6811105/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.574

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