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SUBMITTER: Norgan AP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4862446 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Norgan Andrew P AP Freese Jarred M JM Tuin Patricia M PM Cunningham Scott A SA Jeraldo Patricio R PR Patel Robin R
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20160422 5
Resistance to carbapenems in Enterobacteriaceae is a clinical problem of growing significance. Difficulty in treating multidrug-resistant Gram-negative organisms with conventional antibiotics has led to a renewed and increasing use of polymyxin compounds, such as colistin. Here, we report the isolation of carbapenem- and colistin-resistant Enterobacter cloacae from a polymicrobial lower extremity wound in an ambulatory patient. Whole-genome sequencing demonstrated the presence of chromosomal bla ...[more]