Complete Genome Sequence of KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain CAV1193.
Sheppard AE., Stoesser N., Sebra R., Kasarskis A., Deikus G., Anson L., Walker AS., Peto TE., Crook DW., Mathers AJ.
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.