Mosaic antimicrobial resistance/virulence plasmid in hypervirulent ST2096 Klebsiella pneumoniae in India: The rise of a new superbug?
Chaitra Shankar, Karthick Vasudevan, Jobin John Jacob, Stephen G. Baker, Barney J. Isaac, Ayyanraj Neeravi, Dhiviya Prabaa Muthuirulandi Sethuvel, Biju George, Balaji Veeraraghavan
The paper characterizes nine novel multidrug-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in India, which harbor mosaic plasmids containing both antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes.
bioRxiv · Dec 11, 2020 · PreprintGenomics