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 3. Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of global Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type (ST) 307 isolates. The ST307 genomes included 88 from South Africa (this study) and 620 international isolates from 19 countries (downloaded from the US National Center for Biotechnology Information whole genome shotgun database). ST307 has 6 distinct clades, as indicated on branches. CTX-M, active on cefotaxime first isolated in Munich; KPC, Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase; NDM, New Delhi metallo-β-lactamases; OXA, active on oxacillin; QRDR, quinolone resistance determinants.
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