Article
Occurrence of Enterobacter hormaechei carrying blaNDM-1 and blaKPC-2 in China.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Feb 2018
Yang Biwei, Feng Yu, McNally Alan, Zong Zhiyong
Abstract excerpt
Three carbapenem-resistant clinical isolates of the Enterobacter cloacae complex (ECC) were recovered from different patients in a hospital. All 3 isolates carried 2 carbapenemase genes blaKPC-2 and blaNDM-1. A study was performed to characterize their relatedness and to investigate possible links among the patients. Whole genome sequencing revealed that the isolates were Enterobacter hormaechei and belonged to...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Carbapenems
- China
- DNA, Bacterial
- Enterobacter
- Enterobacteriaceae Infections
- Genome, Bacterial
- Humans
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Epidemiology
