Small IncQ1 and Col-Like Plasmids Harboring blaKPC-2 and Non-Tn 4401 Elements (NTEKPC-IId) in High-Risk Lineages of Klebsiella pneumoniae CG258

Small IncQ1 and Col-Like Plasmids Harboring bla_KPC-2 and Non-Tn 4401 Elements (NTE_KPC-IId) in High-Risk Lineages of Klebsiella pneumoniae CG258

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019 Feb 26;63(3):e02140-18. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02140-18. Print 2019 Mar.

¹ Department of Clinical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
⁵ Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
⁶ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
⁷ Department of Clinical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil lincopan@usp.br.

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Keywords: Brazil; CC258; KPC-2; NTEKPC; carbapenemases; mobilome; plasmidome.