Acquisition of Plasmid with Carbapenem-Resistance Gene blaKPC2 in Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae, Singapore
Yahua Chen, Kalisvar Marimuthu, Jeanette Teo, Indumathi Venkatachalam, Benjamin Pei Zhi Cherng, Liang De Wang, Sai Rama Sridatta Prakki, Weizhen Xu, Yi Han Tan, Lan Chi Nguyen, Tse Hsien Koh, Oon Tek Ng, and Yunn-Hwen Gan
Author affiliations: National University of Singapore, Singapore (Y. Chen, Y.H. Tan, L.C. Nguyen, Y.-H. Gan); National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore (K. Marimuthu, L.D. Wang, S.R.S. Prakki, W. Xu, O.T. Ng); Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore (K. Marimuthu, O.T. Ng); National University Hospital, Singapore (J. Teo); Singapore General Hospital, Singapore (I. Venkatachalam, B.P.Z. Cherng, T.H. Koh); Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (O.T. Ng)
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Figure 3. Main features of pKPC2 from Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate ENT494, Singapore, 2013, and comparison with pSA20021456.2. Image was generated by using SnapGene Viewer (https://www.snapgene.com) and Easyfig (https://github.com/mjsull/Easyfig). KPC, Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase; oriT, origin of transfer; T4SS, type IV secretion system.
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