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KPC-4 Is Encoded within a Trunca... [Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI

KPC-4 Is Encoded within a Trunca... [Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI


Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Jan;57(1):37-41. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01062-12. Epub 2012 Oct 15.


KPC-4 Is Encoded within a Truncated Tn4401 in an IncL/M Plasmid, pNE1280, Isolated from Enterobacter cloacae and Serratia marcescens.





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Departments of Pathology and Microbiology.



Abstract



We describe the transfer of bla(KPC-4) from Enterobacter cloacae to Serratia marcescens in a single patient. DNA sequencing revealed that KPC-4 was encoded on an IncL/M plasmid, pNE1280, closely related to pCTX-M360. Further analysis found that KPC-4 was encoded within a novel Tn4401 element (Tn4401f) containing a truncated tnpA and lacking tnpR, ISKpn7 left, and Tn4401 IRL-1, which are conserved in other Tn4401 transposons. This study highlights the continued evolution of Tn4401 transposons and movement to multiple plasmid backbones that results in acquisition by multiple species of Gram-negative bacilli.





PMID:

23070154
[PubMed - in process]


PMCID:

PMC3535906
[Available on 2013/7/1]


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