Emergence of an ST1934:KL121 hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying a novel virulence-resistance hybrid plasmid with chromosomal integration of ICEKp1

Affiliations

• ¹ MOE Key Laboratory of Geriatric Diseases and Immunology, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Pathogen Bioscience and Anti-Infective Medicine, School of Biology & Basic Medical Sciences, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
• ² Department of Medical Microbiology, Experimental Center, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
• ³ Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biology & Basic Medical Sciences, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
• ⁴ Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, People's Republic of China.
• ⁵ Laboratory Department, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
• ⁶ Department of Pharmacy, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
• ⁷ Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China. [email protected].
• ⁸ MOE Key Laboratory of Geriatric Diseases and Immunology, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Pathogen Bioscience and Anti-Infective Medicine, School of Biology & Basic Medical Sciences, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, China. [email protected].
• ⁹ Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biology & Basic Medical Sciences, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, China. [email protected].
• ¹⁰ Center for Clinical Big Data and Analytics, The Second Affiliated Hospital and School of Public Health, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. [email protected].