Antibiotic Resistance and Mobile Genetic Elements in Extensively Drug-Resistant <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Sequence Type 147 Recovered from Germany

• Main Authors: Kyriaki Xanthopoulou (Author), Alessandra Carattoli (Author), Julia Wille (Author), Lena M. Biehl (Author), Holger Rohde (Author), Fedja Farowski (Author), Oleg Krut (Author), Laura Villa (Author), Claudia Feudi (Author), Harald Seifert (Author), Paul G Higgins (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Mobile genetic elements (MGEs), especially multidrug-resistance plasmids, are major vehicles for the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance determinants. Herein, we analyse the MGEs in three extensively drug-resistant (XDR) <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> isolates from Germany. Whole gen...