Genomic insights into multi-drug and extensively drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from India.

Plasmid mediated colistin resistance was absent; mutations in mgrB, phoP and phoQ were predominant cause of colistin resistance. Susceptible ST23 hvKp carried only the virulence plasmid while MDR ST23 isolates carried 6 plasmids with resistance genes apart from virulence plasmid. B Background: b Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) is a notorious pathogen with high rates of extensively drug resistant isolates across the globe. [Extracted from the article]