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Genome sequence of a multidrug-resistant Corynebacterium striatum isolated from bloodstream infection from a nosocomial outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

ABSTRACT: Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Corynebacterium striatum has been cited with increased frequency as pathogen of nosocomial infections. In this study, we report the draft genome of a C. striatum isolated from a patient with bloodstream infection in a hospital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The isolate presented susceptibility only to tetracycline, vancomycin and linezolid. The detection of various antibiotic resistance genes is fully consistent with previously observed multidrug-resistant pattern in Corynebacterium spp. A large part of the pTP10 plasmid of MDR C. striatum M82B is present in the genome of our isolate. A SpaDEF cluster and seven arrays of CRISPR-Cas were found.

SUBMITTER: Ramos JN

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6037045 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genome sequence of a multidrug-resistant Corynebacterium striatum isolated from bloodstream infection from a nosocomial outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Ramos Juliana Nunes JN Rodrigues Izabel Dos Santos IDS Baio Paulo Victor Pereira PVP Veras João Flávio Carneiro JFC Ramos Rommel Thiago Jucá RTJ Pacheco Luis Gc LG Azevedo Vasco Ariston VA Hirata Júnior Raphael R Marín Michel Abanto MA Mattos-Guaraldi Ana Luiza de AL Vieira Verônica Viana VV

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 20180710 9

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Corynebacterium striatum has been cited with increased frequency as pathogen of nosocomial infections. In this study, we report the draft genome of a C. striatum isolated from a patient with bloodstream infection in a hospital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The isolate presented susceptibility only to tetracycline, vancomycin and linezolid. The detection of various antibiotic resistance genes is fully consistent with previously observed multidrug-resistant pattern in Coryne ...[more]

PMID: 29995109

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Genome sequence of a multidrug-resistant Corynebacterium striatum isolated from bloodstream infection from a nosocomial outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Genome sequence of a multidrug-resistant Corynebacterium striatum isolated from bloodstream infection from a nosocomial outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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