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SUBMITTER: Tijet N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4432124 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tijet Nathalie N Richardson David D MacMullin Gregory G Patel Samir N SN Melano Roberto G RG
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20150406 6
A male patient was admitted to a community hospital in Ontario, Canada, with an infected sacral ulcer after returning from India, where he was hospitalized. Carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli (isolated from blood cultures), Enterobacter cloacae, and Providencia stuartii (from urine samples), all positive for bla(NDM-1), were recovered. Comparative NDM-1 plasmid analysis suggests both lateral plasmid transfer and independent acquisition of the bla(NDM-1) gene in these clinical isolates. ...[more]