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. 2012 Nov;194(21):6014.
doi: 10.1128/JB.01546-12.

Draft genome sequence of an extremely drug-resistant KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 epidemic strain

I Chmelnitsky  1 , T Doniger, M Shklyar, L Naparstek, E Banin, R Edgar, Y Carmeli
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Draft genome sequence of an extremely drug-resistant KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 epidemic strain

I Chmelnitsky et al. J Bacteriol. 2012 Nov.

Abstract

Extremely drug-resistant (XDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing clone ST258 has rapidly disseminated worldwide. We report here the draft genome sequence of the K. pneumoniae ST258 XDR clinical strain from Israel.

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