A conjugative plasmid that augments virulence in Klebsiella pneumoniae

Xuemei Yang; Edward Wai-Chi  Chan; Rong Zhang; Sheng Chen

doi:10.1038/s41564-019-0566-7

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Xuemei Yang
Edward Wai-Chi Chan
Rong Zhang
Sheng Chen

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2039–2043
Journal / Publication	Nature Microbiology
Volume	4
Issue number	12
Online published	30 Sep 2019
Publication status	Published - Dec 2019

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Abstract

A virulence-encoding plasmid, p15WZ-82_Vir, which formed as a result of the integration of a 100-kb fragment of the hypervirulence plasmid pLVPK into a conjugative IncFIB plasmid, was recovered from a clinical Klebsiella variicola strain. Such a plasmid could be conjugated to carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella strains, enabling them to simultaneously express the carbapenem resistance- and hypervirulence-associated phenotypes. Unlike the non-conjugative pLVPK plasmid, emergence of p15WZ-82_Vir may promote rapid dissemination of virulence-encoding elements among Gram-negative bacterial pathogens.

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A conjugative plasmid that augments virulence in Klebsiella pneumoniae. / Yang, Xuemei; Chan, Edward Wai-Chi ; Zhang, Rong; Chen, Sheng.

In: Nature Microbiology, Vol. 4, No. 12, 12.2019, p. 2039–2043.

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Yang, X, Chan, EW-C, Zhang, R & Chen, S 2019, 'A conjugative plasmid that augments virulence in Klebsiella pneumoniae', Nature Microbiology, vol. 4, no. 12, pp. 2039–2043. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0566-7

Yang, X., Chan, E. W-C., Zhang, R., & Chen, S. (2019). A conjugative plasmid that augments virulence in Klebsiella pneumoniae. Nature Microbiology, 4(12), 2039–2043. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0566-7

Yang X, Chan EW-C, Zhang R, Chen S. A conjugative plasmid that augments virulence in Klebsiella pneumoniae. Nature Microbiology. 2019 Dec;4(12):2039–2043. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0566-7

Yang, Xuemei ; Chan, Edward Wai-Chi ; Zhang, Rong ; Chen, Sheng. / A conjugative plasmid that augments virulence in Klebsiella pneumoniae. In: Nature Microbiology. 2019 ; Vol. 4, No. 12. pp. 2039–2043.