Whole genome mapping of the first reported case of KPC-2-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 in Nebraska.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis

Center for Research in Anti-Infectives and Biotechnology, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University School of Medicine, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178. Electronic address:

Published: July 2014

Three ertapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying bla(KPC-2) were isolated from a single patient in Nebraska over a span of 5 months. A comparative analysis of the genetic relatedness of these isolates was investigated using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, multilocus sequence typing, and whole genome mapping.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.03.023DOI Listing

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