Comparative analysis of the complete genome of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Kp13 reveals remarkable genome plasticity and a wide repertoire of virulence and resistance mechanisms

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ramos, Pablo Ivan Pereira ^a   Picão, Renata Christina ^b   Almeida, Luiz Gonzaga Paula de ^a   Lima, Nicholas Costa B ^a   Girardello, Raquel ^d   Vivan, Ana Carolina P ^c   Xavier, Danilo E ^d   Barcellos, Fernando G ^c   Pelisson, Marsileni ^c   Vespero, Eliana C ^c   Médigue, Claudine ^e   Vasconcelos, Ana Tereza Ribeiro de ^a   Gales, Ana Cristina ^d   Nicolás, Marisa Fabiana ^a  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Carbapenemase; Comparative genomics; Enterobacteriaceae; Gram negative; Nosocomial pathogens; Pathogenic bacteria; SNPs

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M 2; BETA LACTAMASE KPC 2; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 9; BETA LACTAMASE SHV 110; BETA LACTAMASE SHV 12; BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B; RNA 16S; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; SIDEROPHORE; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YERSINIABACTIN;

16S RRNA METHYLTRANSFERASE GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FIMBRIA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROTEIN FAMILY; RMTG GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHROMOSOMES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; ION PUMPS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PLASMIDS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POLYMYXINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84892653407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-54     Document Type: Article

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