Université de Fribourg

Whole-genome sequence of a colombian Acinetobacter baumannii strain, a coproducer of OXA-72 and OXA-255-like carbapenemases

Saavedra, Sandra Yamile ; Prada-Cardozo, Diego ; Rincón, Verónica ; Pérez-Cardona, Hermes ; Hidalgo, Andrea Melissa ; González, María Nilse ; Reguero, María T. ; Silva, Emilia M. Valenzuela de ; Mantilla, José R. ; Falquet, Laurent ; Barreto-Hernández, Emiliano ; Duarte, Carolina

In: Genome Announcements, 2017, vol. 5, no. 7, p. e01558-16

Colombian Acinetobacter baumannii strain ST920 was isolated from the sputum of a 68-year-old male patient. This isolate possessed blaOXA-72 and blaOXA-255-like genes. The assembled genome contained 4,104,098 pb and 38.79% G+C content. This is the first case reported of the coproduction (blaOXA-72 and blaOXA-255-like) of carbapenem-hydrolyzing class D β-lactamases (CHDLs) in Acinetobacter...

Université de Fribourg

Genome-based characterization of two Colombian clinical Providencia rettgeri isolates co-harboring NDM-1, VIM-2, and other β-lactamases

Piza-Buitrago, Adriana ; Rincón, Verónica ; Donato, John ; Saavedra, Sandra Yamile ; Duarte, Carolina ; Morero, Jaime ; Falquet, Laurent ; Reguero, María Teresa ; Barreto-Hernández, Emiliano

In: BMC Microbiology, 2020, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 345

Providencia rettgeri is a nosocomial pathogen associated with urinary tract infections and related to Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI). In recent years isolates producing New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) and other β-lactamases have been reported that reduce the efficiency of clinical antimicrobial treatments. In this study, we analyzed antibiotic resistance, the presence of...