Genomic Analysis of the Emergence and Rapid Global Dissemination of the Clonal Group 258 Klebsiella pneumoniae Pandemic

Jolene R. Bowers; Brandon Kitchel; Elizabeth M. Driebe; Duncan R. MacCannell; Chandler Roe; Darrin Lemmer; Tom de Man; J. Kamile Rasheed; David M. Engelthaler; Paul Keim; Brandi M. Limbago

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133727

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Genomic Analysis of the Emergence and Rapid Global Dissemination of the Clonal Group 258 Klebsiella pneumoniae Pandemic

Jolene R. Bowers ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jolene R. Bowers, Brandon Kitchel

* E-mail: jbowers@tgen.org

Affiliation Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
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Brandon Kitchel ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jolene R. Bowers, Brandon Kitchel

Affiliation Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Elizabeth M. Driebe,

Affiliation Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
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Duncan R. MacCannell,

Affiliation Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Chandler Roe,

Affiliation Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
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Darrin Lemmer,

Affiliation Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
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Tom de Man,

Affiliation Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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J. Kamile Rasheed,

Affiliation Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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David M. Engelthaler,

Affiliation Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
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Paul Keim ,

¶‡ PK is joint senior author for genomics and BL is joint senior author for microbiology and epidemiology on this work.

Affiliation Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
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Brandi M. Limbago

¶‡ PK is joint senior author for genomics and BL is joint senior author for microbiology and epidemiology on this work.

Affiliation Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Genomic Analysis of the Emergence and Rapid Global Dissemination of the Clonal Group 258 Klebsiella pneumoniae Pandemic

Jolene R. Bowers,
Brandon Kitchel,
Elizabeth M. Driebe,
Duncan R. MacCannell,
Chandler Roe,
Darrin Lemmer,
Tom de Man,
J. Kamile Rasheed,
David M. Engelthaler,
Paul Keim

Published: July 21, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133727

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