First Report of bla VIM-4 - and mcr-9 -Coharboring Enterobacter Species Isolated from a Pediatric Patient
Open Access
- 30 October 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in mSphere
- Vol. 4 (5)
- https://doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00629-19
Abstract
We describe the complete genome assembly and sequence of a clinical Enterobacter isolate harboring both bla VIM-4 and mcr-9 recovered from a pediatric patient in the United States with a history of travel to Egypt. Moreover, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an Enterobacter isolate harboring both bla VIM-4 and mcr-9 from the United States. The bla VIM-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 resistance. The mcr-9 gene is located between two insertion elements, IS 903 and IS 1 , but lacks the downstream regulatory genes ( qseC and qseB ) found in other isolates that harbor mcr-9 .Keywords
Funding Information
- HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI090155, R21AI135250)
- HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (K23 AI114994)
- HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (1R01AI117035)
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