Beyond the Core Genome: Tracking Plasmids in Outbreaks of Multidrug-resistant Bacteria

Patrick N A Harris^{1

2}, Wailan Alexander M¹

Affiliations

¹ UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, Brisbane, Australia.
² Central Microbiology, Pathology Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

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Patrick N A Harris et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2021.

. 2021 Feb 1;72(3):421-422.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa052.

Patrick N A Harris^{1

2}, Wailan Alexander M¹

¹ UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, Brisbane, Australia.
² Central Microbiology, Pathology Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: carbapenemase; infection control; mobile genetic elements; whole genome sequencing.

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