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IncX3 plasmid harboring a non-Tn4401 genetic element (NTEKPC) in a hospital-associated clone of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST340/CG258.

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Published in 2017 at "Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease"

DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.06.022

Abstract: IncX-type plasmids have achieved clinical significance for their contribution in the dissemination of genes confering resistance to carbapenems (most blaKPC- and blaNDM-type genes) and polymyxins (mcr-type genes), both antibiotics considered last resort for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative… read more here.

Keywords: incx3 plasmid; hospital associated; element ntekpc; tn4401 genetic ... See more keywords