A transferable IncC-IncX3 hybrid plasmid co-carrying blaNDM-4, tet(X4), and tmexCD3-toprJ3 confers resistance to carbapenem and tigecycline
A. Hirabayashi, T. D. Dao, T. Takemura, F. Hasebe, L. T. Trang, N. H. Thanh, H. H. Tran, K. Shibayama, I. Kasuga, M. Suzuki
The paper identifies a multidrug-resistant plasmid in Klebsiella aerogenes that carries genes for carbapenem and tigecycline resistance and shows its potential for global spread.
bioRxiv · Jun 30, 2021Microbiology