Detection of Five <i>mcr-9</i> -Carrying <i>Enterobacterales</i> Isolates in Four Czech Hospitals

Ibrahim Bitar, Costas C. Papagiannitsis, Lucie Kraftova, Kateřina Chudějová, Vittoria Mattioni Marchetti, Jaroslav Hrabák

mSphere · 2020 · 46 citations · 23 references

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was localized on pKPC-CAV1193-like plasmids, described here for the first time. These findings underline the ongoing evolution of mobile elements implicated in dissemination of clinically important resistance determinants. Thus, WGS characterization of MDR bacteria is crucial to unravel the mechanisms involved in dissemination of resistance mechanisms.

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