title: Complete nucleotide sequence of KPC-3-encoding plasmid pKpQIL in the epidemic Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 258.
abstract: We have determined the entire DNA sequence of plasmid pKpQIL, the bla(KPC-3)-carrying plasmid harbored by the carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clone sequence type 258 (ST 258) in Israel. pKpQIL is a 113,637-bp, self-transmissible plasmid that belongs to the incompatibility group IncFII. It consists of a large backbone of a pKPN4-like plasmid and carries the bla(KPC-3)-containing Tn4401a transposon of a pNYC-like plasmid.
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology and Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Azita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leavitt
authors.forename: Inna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chmelnitsky
authors.forename: Yehuda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Carmeli
authors.forename: Shiri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Navon-Venezia
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics*; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001618:beta-Lactamases; C495220:beta-lactamase KPC-3, Klebsiella pneumoniae