Emergence and clonal dissemination of KPC-3-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in China with an IncP-2 megaplasmid

• Main Authors: Haoyu Ge (Author), Jie Qiao (Author), Jiahao Zheng (Author), Hao Xu (Author), Ruishan Liu (Author), Junhui Zhao (Author), Ruyan Chen (Author), Chenyu Li (Author), Xiaobing Guo (Author), Beiwen Zheng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite the global prevalence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase (KPC)-type class A β-lactamases, occurrences of KPC-3-producing isolates in China remain infrequent. This study aims to explore the emergence, antibiotic resistance profiles, and plasmid characteristics of bla K...