The dissemination of bla KPC-harboring Pseudomonas aeruginosa (KPC-Pa) is considered
a serious public health problem. This study provides an overview of the epidemiology of …

ABSTRACT Objectives The Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) is disseminated
worldwide mostly by plasmids. However, in Pseudomonas aeruginosa chromosomal …

Objective The main objectives were to describe two bla KPC-2 plasmids recovered from
Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates belonging to the ST654 and ST235 high-risk clones, and …

This work aimed to characterize a 29-kb bla KPC-2-carrying plasmid, pR31-KPC, from a
multidrug resistant strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from the sputum of an elderly …

Global spread of KPC poses to be a serious threat complicating treatment options in hospital
settings. The present study investigates the genetic environment of bla KPC-2 among …

Objectives KPC-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa are increasingly isolated in the
Americas and in the Caribbean islands. Here, we determined the whole-plasmid sequence …

Background: Lateral gene transfer plays a central role in the dissemination of carbapenem
resistance in bacterial pathogens associated with nosocomial infections, mainly …

The aim of this study was to characterize the genetic context of bla KPC-2 in Pseudomonas
aeruginosa sequence type 244 from Brazil. The bla KPC-2 gene was detected in a new …

Background Klebsiella pneumoniae is the most frequent KPC-producing bacteria. The bla
KPC gene is frequently embedded in Tn4401 transposon, and less frequently in non …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major opportunistic pathogen and one of the leading
bacterial species causing health care-associated infections. Carbapenems are the most …