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SUBMITTER: Hornsey M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3232805 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20110919 12
A new variant of the New Delhi metallo-enzyme (NDM) carbapenemase was identified in a multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli ST648 isolate recovered from the perineum and throat of a patient in the United Kingdom with a recent history of hospitalization in India. NDM-5 differed from existing enzymes due to substitutions at positions 88 (Val → Leu) and 154 (Met → Leu) and reduced the susceptibility of E. coli TOP10 transformants to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins and carbapenems when expressed und ...[more]