Emergence of Hybrid Resistance and Virulence Plasmids Harboring New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase in <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> in Russia

• Main Authors: Polina Starkova (Author), Irina Lazareva (Author), Alisa Avdeeva (Author), Ofeliia Sulian (Author), Darya Likholetova (Author), Vladimir Ageevets (Author), Marina Lebedeva (Author), Vladimir Gostev (Author), Julia Sopova (Author), Sergey Sidorenko (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The emergence of carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> (CR-hvKp) is a new threat to healthcare. In this study, we analyzed nine CR-hvKp isolates of different sequence-types (ST) recovered from patients with nosocomial infections in two hospitals in Saint Petersb...