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A. Sarah Walker

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Klebsiella quasipneumonaiae provides a window into carbapenemase gene transfer, plasmid rearrangements and nosocomial acquisition from the hospital environment

Amy J Mathers, Derrick W Crook, Alison Vaughan, Katie E Barry, Kasi Vegesana, Nicole Stoesser, Hardik Parikh, Robert Sebra, Shireen M Kotay, A. Sarah Walker, Anna E Sheppard

The paper tracks K. quasipneumoniae's acquisition of carbapenemase plasmids and environmental persistence in a hospital setting over multiple years.

bioRxiv · Dec 4, 2018 · PreprintMicrobiology

Nested Russian Doll-like Genetic Mobility Drives Rapid Dissemination of the Carbapenem Resistance Gene blaKPC

Anna E Sheppard, Nicole Stoesser, Daniel J Wilson, Robert Sebra, Andrew Kasarskis, Luke W Anson, Adam Giess, Louise J Pankhurst, Alison Vaughan, Christopher J Grim, Heather L Cox, Anthony J Yeh, the Modernising Medical Microbiology (MMM) Informa, Costi D Sifri, A. Sarah Walker, , Amy J Mathers

This paper tracks the rapid spread of the blaKPC resistance gene in a hospital over five years, revealing nested genetic mobility mechanisms that enable dissemination across species and plasmids.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · Jun 1, 2016Peer-reviewedMicrobiology