Clonal Spread and Intra- and Inter-Species Plasmid Dissemination Associated With Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales During a Hospital Outbreak in Barcelona, Spain.
Marí-Almirall M, Ferrando N, Fernández MJ, Cosgaya C, Viñes J, Rubio E, Cuscó A, Muñoz L, Pellice M, Vergara A, Campo I, Rodríguez-Serna L, Santana G, Del Río A, Francino O, Ciruela P, Ballester F, Marco F, Martínez JA, Soriano Á, Pitart C, Vila J, Roca I; MERCyCAT Study Group.
Marí-Almirall M, et al.
Front Microbiol. 2021 Nov 18;12:781127. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.781127. eCollection 2021.
Front Microbiol. 2021.
PMID: 34867923
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All isolates but one carried the bla (KPC-2) allelic variant. The bla (KPC-2) gene was located in an IncFIIk plasmid of circa 106 Kb in a non-classical Tn4401 element designated NTE(KPC)-pMC-2-1. Whole-genome sequencing revealed different rearrangements of the 106 K …
All isolates but one carried the bla (KPC-2) allelic variant. The bla (KPC-2) gene was located in an IncFIIk plasmid of circa 106 Kb …