BioProject

The collection of isolates that we would like to sequence consists in 163 K. More...

The collection of isolates that we would like to sequence consists in 163 K. pneumoniae isolates collected in the framework of an Italian survey on carbapenem non-susceptible K. pneumoniae promoted by the Antibiotic-Resistance-Istituto Superiore di Sanità surveillance network. The survey involved 24 different centers distributed across the country. Each center collected all consecutive non-replicate clinical isolates of K. pneumoniae from blood or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) with MICs >1 mg/L for meropenem and/or imipenem during the period March-July 2016. A preliminary characterization by PCR of showed that the collection is represented by 152 blaKPC 4 blaVIM, 3 blaOXA-48 positive isolates. Sequencing all collected isolates should be useful to: i) obtain data about possible additional mechanisms of resistance, ii) obtain data about the clonality of the KPC-producing isolates; iii) to compare this recent collection with older collections, to obtain new insights about the evolution of the CC258 population. Less...