Emergence of new IncHI2 multidrug-resistance plasmids carrying VIM-1 metallo-β-lactamase in Escherichia coli in Norway

Affiliations

• ¹ Institute of Marine Research, Bergen 5005, Norway. Electronic address: nachiket.marathe@hi.no.
• ² Institute of Marine Research, Bergen 5005, Norway; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
• ³ Culture Collection University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Clinical Microbiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Centre for Antibiotic Resistance Research, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Biology, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
• ⁴ Culture Collection University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Clinical Microbiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Centre for Antibiotic Resistance Research, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
• ⁵ Institute of Marine Research, Bergen 5005, Norway.