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Volume 31, Number 4—April 2025
Research

Carbapenem-Resistant, Virulence Plasmid–Harboring Klebsiella pneumoniae, United States

Jianping Jiang, Tengfei Long, Adeline R. Porter, Arianne Lovey, Annie Lee, Jesse Thomas Jacob, Cesar A. Arias, Robert Bonomo, Robert Kalayjian, Yanan Zhao, Frank R. DeLeo, David van Duin, Barry N. KreiswirthComments to Author , and Liang ChenComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Hackensack-Meridian Health Center for Discovery and Innovation, Nutley, New Jersey, USA (J. Jiang, T. Long, A. Lovey, A. Lee, Y. Zhao, B.N. Kreiswirth, L. Chen); National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana, USA (A.R. Porter, F.R. DeLeo); Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J.T. Jacob); Houston Methodist Hospital and Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas, USA (C.A. Arias); Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (R.A. Bonomo); Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland (R.A. Bonomo); MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland (R. Kalayjian); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (D. van Duin)

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Figure 2

Linear alignment of virulence plasmids in isolates of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and hypervirulent K. pneumoniae NTUH-K2044, United States. Arrowheads represent genes; colors indicate gene function classification. Light blue shading represents regions of homology. IS, insertion sequence; KL, capsular locus; ST, sequence type.

Figure 2. Linear alignment of virulence plasmids in isolates of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and hypervirulent K. pneumoniae NTUH-K2044, United States. Arrowheads represent genes; colors indicate gene function classification. Light blue shading represents regions of homology. IS, insertion sequence; KL, capsular locus; ST, sequence type.

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