Complete Genome Sequence of KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain CAV1193

Anna E Sheppard; Nicole Stoesser; Robert Sebra; Andrew Kasarskis; Gintaras Deikus; Luke Anson; A Sarah Walker; Tim E Peto; Derrick W Crook; Amy J Mathers

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01649-15

Complete Genome Sequence of KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain CAV1193

Genome Announc. 2016 Jan 28;4(1):e01649-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01649-15.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Modernizing Medical Microbiology Consortium, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom anna.sheppard@ndm.ox.ac.uk ajm5b@virginia.edu.
² Modernizing Medical Microbiology Consortium, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom.
³ Icahn Institute and Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Clinical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA anna.sheppard@ndm.ox.ac.uk ajm5b@virginia.edu.

Abstract

Carbapenem resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae, frequently conferred by the blaKPC gene, is a major public health threat. We sequenced a blaKPC-containing strain of K. pneumoniae belonging to the emergent lineage ST941, in order to better understand the evolution of blaKPC within this species.