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Phylogenetic Analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae from Hospitalized Children, Pakistan.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Ejaz, Hasan 
Wang, Nancy 
Wilksch, Jonathan J 
Page, Andrew J 
Cao, Hanwei 

Abstract

Klebsiella pneumoniae shows increasing emergence of multidrug-resistant lineages, including strains resistant to all available antimicrobial drugs. We conducted whole-genome sequencing of 178 highly drug-resistant isolates from a tertiary hospital in Lahore, Pakistan. Phylogenetic analyses to place these isolates into global context demonstrate the expansion of multiple independent lineages, including K. quasipneumoniae.

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Keywords

Australia, ESBL, Klebsiella, Klebsiella pneumonia, Pakistan, United Kingdom, antimicrobial resistance, bacteria, children, extended-spectrum β-lactamase, multidrug resistance, neonatal infection, Adolescent, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Child, Child, Hospitalized, Child, Preschool, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial, Genome, Bacterial, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Klebsiella Infections, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pakistan, Phylogeny, Sequence Analysis, DNA

Journal Title

Emerg Infect Dis

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Journal ISSN

1080-6040
1080-6059

Volume Title

23

Publisher

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sponsorship
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) (BRC)
National Health and Medical Research Council (1092262)
This work was supported by National Health and Medical Research Council program grants (0606788 to R.A.S. and T. L.; 1092262 to R.A.S., G.D., and T.L.); the Wellcome Trust (206194); and the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan and The Children’s Hospital & The Institute of Child Health, Lahore, Pakistan. H.E. was supported by a scholarship from Higher Education Commission Pakistan under the International Research Support Initiative Program.