Integrated chromosomal and plasmid sequence analyses reveal diverse modes of carbapenemase gene spread among Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Sophia David,
Victoria Cohen,
Sandra Reuter,
Anna E Sheppard,
Tommaso Giani,
Julian Parkhill,
European Survey of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae (EuSCAPE) Working Group,
ESCMID Study Group for Epidemiological Markers (ESGEM),
Gian Maria Rossolini,
Edward J Feil,
Hajo Grundmann,
David M Aanensen
Dec 16, 2020
Molecular and genomic surveillance systems for bacterial pathogens currently rely on tracking clonally evolving lineages. By contrast, plasmids are usually excluded or analyzed with low-resolution techniques, despite being the...