OXA-181-Like Carbapenemases in Klebsiella pneumoniae ST14, ST15, ST23, ST48, and ST231 from Septicemic Neonates: Coexistence with NDM-5, Resistome, Transmissibility, and Genome Diversity

Sharmi Naha; Kirsty Sands; Subhankar Mukherjee; Bijan Saha; Shanta Dutta; Sulagna Basu

doi:10.1128/mSphere.01156-20

mSphere (Feb 2021)

OXA-181-Like Carbapenemases in Klebsiella pneumoniae ST14, ST15, ST23, ST48, and ST231 from Septicemic Neonates: Coexistence with NDM-5, Resistome, Transmissibility, and Genome Diversity

Sharmi Naha,
Kirsty Sands,
Subhankar Mukherjee,
Bijan Saha,
Shanta Dutta,
Sulagna Basu

Affiliations

Sharmi Naha: Division of Bacteriology, ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Kirsty Sands: Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Division of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Subhankar Mukherjee: Division of Bacteriology, ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Bijan Saha: Department of Neonatology, Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education & Research and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Shanta Dutta: Division of Bacteriology, ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Sulagna Basu: ORCiD; Division of Bacteriology, ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.01156-20
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 1

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Neonatal sepsis is a leading cause of neonatal mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Treatment of sepsis in this vulnerable population is dependent on antimicrobials, and resistance to these life-saving antimicrobials is worrisome.

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ISSN: 2379-5042 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/msphere

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