Klebsiella pneumoniae ST307 with blaOXA-181, South Africa, 2014–2016
Michelle Lowe
1, Marleen M. Kock, Jennifer Coetzee, Ebrahim Hoosien, Gisele Peirano, Kathy-Ann Strydom, Marthie M. Ehlers, Nontombi M. Mbelle, Elena Shashkina, David B. Haslam, Puneet Dhawan, Robert J. Donnelly, Liang Chen
1, Barry N. Kreiswirth, and Johann D.D. Pitout
Author affiliations: University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa (M. Lowe, M.M. Kock, K.-A. Strydom, M.M. Ehlers, N.M. Mbelle, J.D.D. Pitout); National Health Laboratory Service, Pretoria (M. Lowe, M.M. Kock, K.-A. Strydom, M.M. Ehlers, N.M. Mbelle); Ampath Laboratories, Pretoria (J. Coetzee, E. Hoosien); Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (G. Peirano, J.D.D. Pitout); University of Calgary, Calgary (G. Peirano, J.D.D. Pitout); Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA (E. Shashkina, L. Chen, B.N. Kreiswirth); Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (D.B. Haslam); New Jersey Medical School, Newark (P. Dhawan, R.J. Donnelly)
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Figure 1. Locations of Klebsiella pneumoniae with ST307 oxacillinase 48–like in South Africa during January 2014–December 2016, as identified at Ampath Molecular Diagnostic Reference Center (PTA). EC, Eastern Cape Province; FS, Free State Province; GT-other, other cities in Gauteng Province; JHB, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province; LP, Limpopo Province; MP, Mpumalanga Province; NW, North West Province; PTA, Pretoria, Gauteng Province; ST, sequence type.
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