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SUBMITTER: Chen L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3591897 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Liang L Chavda Kalyan D KD Melano Roberto G RG Jacobs Michael R MR Levi Michael H MH Bonomo Robert A RA Kreiswirth Barry N BN
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20130107 3
We report the nucleotide sequence of a novel bla(KPC-2)-harboring IncFII(K1) plasmid, pBK32179, isolated from a carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 strain from a New York City patient. pBK32179 is 165 kb long, consists of a large backbone of pKPN3-like plasmid, and carries an 18.5-kb bla(KPC-2)-containing element that is highly similar to plasmid pKpQIL. pBK32179-like plasmids were identified in 8.3% of strains in a collection of 96 K. pneumoniae isolates from hospitals in the New Y ...[more]