What is it about?
KPC is one of the globally spread carbapenemases. We find new hypothetical mobile element carrying blaKPC-2, the presence of macrolide resistance operon genes mphA, mrx, and mphR was the the most interesting feature of the element.
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Why is it important?
Our findings show that the blaKPC harboring mobile elements can be transferred for long distances.
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This page is a summary of: Genetic Environment of the blaKPC-2 Gene in a Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolate That May Have Been Imported to Russia from Southeast Asia, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, December 2016, ASM Journals,
DOI: 10.1128/aac.01856-16.
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