Nested Russian doll-like genetic mobility drives rapid dissemination of the carbapenem resistance gene blakpc

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 3767-3778

  Sheppard, Anna E ^a   Stoesser, Nicole ^a   Wilson, Daniel J ^a   Sebra, Robert ^b   Kasarskis, Andrew ^b   Anson, Luke W ^a   Giess, Adam ^a,f   Pankhurst, Louise J ^a   Vaughan, Alison ^a   Grim, Christopher J ^c   Cox, Heather L ^d   Yeh, Anthony J ^d,g   Sifri, Costi D ^d   Walker, A Sarah ^a   Peto, Tim E ^a   Crook, Derrick W ^a,e   Mathers, Amy J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; PLASMID VECTOR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; TRANSPOSON;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VIRGINIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84973667755     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00464-16     Document Type: Article

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