Whole-genome sequencing identification of a multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strain carrying blaNDM-5 from Guangdong, China.

Authors: Li, Xiaoyan and Jiang, Yan and Wu, Kuihai and Zhou, Yong and Liu, Ruike and Cao, Yan and Wu, Aiwu and Qiu, Yurong

A carbapenem-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (sequence type 34 [ST34]) strain was isolated from a fecal specimen from a child with acute diarrhea. Whole-genome sequencing revealed that the 84.5-kb IncFII plasmid pST41-NDM carrying the NDM-5 carbapenemase gene possesses a structure identical to that of the IncFII-type plasmid backbone. However, the blaNDM-5 flanking sequence found in this plasmid is identical to the blaNDM-5-positive IncX3 plasmids carried by 10 strains of Enterobacteriaceae identified in the same hospital. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Journal: Infection, genetics and evolution
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2017.09.005
Year: 2017

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