Comparative genomics of closely related strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae reveals genes possibly involved in colistin resistance

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 887-890

  Sassera, Davide ^a   Comandatore, Francesco ^a   Gaibani, Paolo ^b   D'Auria, Giuseppe ^c,d   Mariconti, Mara ^e   Landini, Maria Paola ^b   Sambri, Vittorio ^b   Marone, Piero ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Klebsiella pneumoniae . Colistin resistance . waaL . rfbA . vacJ

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901406534     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13213-013-0727-5     Document Type: Article

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