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Title
Potential in vivo transfer of a plasmid established by combining long- and short-read sequencing
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Abstract
Horizontal transfer of plasmid-mediated antibiotic resistance has rarely been documented in vivo. Utilizing long-read (Oxford Nanopore) and short-read (Illumina) sequencing, we confirmed that a gut-colonizing Escherichia coli and a hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae ST23, isolated from a surgical site culture of a patient receiving cefuroxime therapy, harboured a 100% identical blaCTX-M-14-harbouring plasmid, indicative of a potential transfer in vivo.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of microbiological methods. - Amsterdam
Publication
Amsterdam : 2019
ISSN
0167-7012
DOI
10.1016/J.MIMET.2019.02.004
Volume/pages
159 (2019) , p. 1-4
ISI
000465050500001
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UAntwerpen
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Last edited 04.03.2024
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