Molecular characterization of blaKHM-1 encoding plasmid in an Enterobacter hormaechei subsp. hoffmannii isolate from blood culture.

KHM-1 was first reported in 1997 in Japan as a novel metallo-β-lactamase mediated by Citrobacter freundii carrying pKHM-1 plasmid. There have been few reports in the clinical field since then. A blaKHM-1-positive Enterobacter hormaechei subsp. hoffmannii in E. cloacae complex, isolate OIPH-N069 was...

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Main Authors: Kaoru Umeda, Hiromi Nakamura, Akira Fukuda, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Yuki Matsumoto, Daisuke Motooka, Shota Nakamura, Ryuji Kawahara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227605