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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1942-1944 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |