mSphere (Jun 2021)
Emergence of Hypervirulent Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Coharboring a <i>bla</i> <sub>NDM-1</sub> -Carrying Virulent Plasmid and a <i>bla</i> <sub>KPC-2</sub> -Carrying Plasmid in an Egyptian Hospital
- Mohamed Abd El-Gawad El-Sayed Ahmed,
- Yanxian Yang,
- Yongqiang Yang,
- Bin Yan,
- Guanping Chen,
- Reem Mostafa Hassan,
- Lan-Lan Zhong,
- Yuan Chen,
- Adam P. Roberts,
- Yiping Wu,
- Ruowen He,
- Xiaoxue Liang,
- Mingyang Qin,
- Min Dai,
- Liyan Zhang,
- Hongyu Li,
- Fan Yang,
- Lingqing Xu,
- Guo-Bao Tian
Affiliations
- Mohamed Abd El-Gawad El-Sayed Ahmed
- ORCiD
- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
- Yanxian Yang
- Department of Microbiology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Yongqiang Yang
- Department of Microbiology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Bin Yan
- Department of Microbiology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Guanping Chen
- Sun Yat-Sen University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Reem Mostafa Hassan
- Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
- Lan-Lan Zhong
- Department of Microbiology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Yuan Chen
- Sun Yat-Sen University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Adam P. Roberts
- ORCiD
- Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Yiping Wu
- Department of Microbiology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Ruowen He
- Department of Microbiology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Xiaoxue Liang
- School of Laboratory Medicine, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China
- Mingyang Qin
- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
- Min Dai
- School of Laboratory Medicine, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China
- Liyan Zhang
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital/Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Hongyu Li
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Fan Yang
- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
- Lingqing Xu
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Qingyuan People's Hospital, Qingyuan, China
- Guo-Bao Tian
- ORCiD
- Department of Microbiology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00088-21
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 6,
no. 3
Abstract
CRKP has been registered in the critical priority tier by the World Health Organization and has become a significant menace to public health. The emergence of CR-HvKP is of great concern in terms of both disease and treatment.
