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