Published in

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1(21), p. 95-98

DOI: 10.3201/eid2101.140662

Links

Tools

Export citation

Search in Google Scholar

Characterization of a Multidrug-Resistant, NovelBacteroidesGenomospecies

Journal article published in 2015 by Stephen J. Salipante, Aley Kalapila, Paul S. Pottinger, Daniel R. Hoogestraat, Lisa Cummings, Jeffrey S. Duchin, Dhruba J. Sengupta, Steven A. Pergam ORCID, Brad T. Cookson, Susan M. Butler-Wu
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

Full text: Download

Green circle
Preprint: archiving allowed
Upload
Green circle
Postprint: archiving allowed
Upload
Green circle
Published version: archiving allowed
Upload
Policy details
Data provided by SHERPA/RoMEO

Abstract

Metronidazole- and carbapenem-resistant Bacteroides fragilis are rare in the United States. We isolated a multidrug- resistant anaerobe from the bloodstream and intraabdominal abscesses of a patient who had traveled to India. Whole-genome sequencing identified the organism as a novel Bacteroides genomospecies. Physicians should be aware of the possibility for concomitant carbapenem- and metronidazole-resistant Bacteroides infections. © 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.