First Report of <italic toggle="yes">bla</italic><sub>VIM-4</sub>- and <italic toggle="yes">mcr-9</italic>-Coharboring <italic toggle="yes">Enterobacter</italic> Species Isolated from a Pediatric Patient

First Report of <italic toggle="yes">bla</italic><sub>VIM-4</sub>- and <italic toggle="yes">mcr-9</italic>-Coharboring <italic toggle="yes">Enterobacter</italic> Species Isolated from a Pediatric Patient

ABSTRACT An Enterobacter hormaechei isolate harboring blaVIM-4 and mcr-9 was recovered from a pediatric patient in a U.S. hospital. The blaVIM-4 and mcr-9 genes are carried on the same IncH12 plasmid, pME-1a. The isolate tested susceptible to colistin, without observed induction of colistin resistan...

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Main Authors: Kalyan D. Chavda, Lars F. Westblade, Michael J. Satlin, Andrew C. Hemmert, Mariana Castanheira, Stephen G. Jenkins, Liang Chen, Barry N. Kreiswirth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-10-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
carbapenem
carbapenemase
colistin
Enterobacter
mcr-9
VIM
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00629-19

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00629-19

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