| Literature DB >> 28848020 |
Nahed Al Laham1, Kalyan D Chavda2, Astrid V Cienfuegos-Gallet3, Barry N Kreiswirth2, Liang Chen4.
Abstract
Carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria (CP-GNB) have increasingly spread worldwide, and different families of carbapenemases have been identified in various bacterial species. Here, we report the identification of five VIM metallo-β-lactamase-producing Alcaligenes faecalis isolates associated with a small outbreak in a large hospital in Gaza, Palestine. Next-generation sequencing analysis showed blaVIM-2 is harbored by a chromosomal genomic island among three strains, while blaVIM-4 is carried by a novel plasmid in two strains.Entities:
Keywords: Alcaligenes faecalis; Palestine; genome; metallo-β-lactamase
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28848020 PMCID: PMC5655106 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01499-17
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191