A Ceftazidime-Avibactam-Resistant and Carbapenem-Susceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain Harboring blaKPC-14 Isolated in New York City

KPC is currently the most common carbapenemase identified in the United States. More than 40 KPC variants have been described, of which KPC-2 and KPC-3 are the most frequent clinical variants. However, our understanding of the genetic structures and β-lactam resistance profiles of other novel KPC va...

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Main Authors: Siqiang Niu, Kalyan D. Chavda, Jie Wei, Chunhong Zou, Steven H. Marshall, Puneet Dhawan, Deqiang Wang, Robert A. Bonomo, Barry N. Kreiswirth, Liang Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-08-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
kpc
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00775-20