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Detection of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (encoded by bla NDM-1) in Acinetobacter schindleri during routine surveillance

  • Patrick McGann*
  • , Michael Milillo
  • , Robert J. Clifford
  • , Erik Snesrud
  • , Lindsay Stevenson
  • , Michael G. Backlund
  • , Helen B. Viscount
  • , Reyes Quintero
  • , Yoon I. Kwak
  • , Michael J. Zapor
  • , Paige E. Waterman
  • , Emil P. Lesho
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A carbapenem-resistant Alcaligenes faecalis strain was isolated from a surveillance swab of a service member injured in Afghanistan. The isolate was positive for blaNDM by real-time PCR. Species identification was reevaluated on three identification systems but was inconclusive. Genome sequencing indicated that the closest relative was Acinetobacter schindleri and that blaNDM-1 was carried on a plasmid that shared >99% identity with one identified in an Acinetobacter lwoffii isolate. The isolate also carried a novel chromosomally encoded class D oxacillinase.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1942-1944
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume51
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2013
Externally publishedYes

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