Draft Genome Sequences and Antimicrobial Profiles of Three Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains from Neonatal Blood Samples

Innocent Afeke; Ahmed Moustafa; Misa Hirose; Mareike Becker; Hauke Busch; Axel Kuenstner; Anke Faehnrich; Anthony S Ablordey; Christoph Haertel; Kokou Hefoume Amega-Aho; Mohamed Tarek Badr; Jan Rupp; Saleh Ibrahim

doi:10.1128/MRA.00170-21

Draft Genome Sequences and Antimicrobial Profiles of Three Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains from Neonatal Blood Samples

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Apr 1;10(13):e00170-21. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00170-21.

Authors

Innocent Afeke^{1

2}, Ahmed Moustafa³, Misa Hirose⁴, Mareike Becker⁴, Hauke Busch⁴, Axel Kuenstner⁴, Anke Faehnrich⁴, Anthony S Ablordey⁵, Christoph Haertel⁶, Kokou Hefoume Amega-Aho⁷, Mohamed Tarek Badr⁸, Jan Rupp⁹, Saleh Ibrahim⁴

Affiliations

¹ Luebeck Institute for Experimental Dermatology, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany iafeke@uhas.edu.gh.
² Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.
³ Department of Biology, Bioinformatics, and Integrative Genomics Laboratory, American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt.
⁴ Luebeck Institute for Experimental Dermatology, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany.
⁵ Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Wuerzburg University Clinic, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.
⁸ Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany.
⁹ Clinic for Infectiology and Microbiology, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany.

Abstract

Data on molecular characterization of coagulase-negative staphylococci causing neonatal sepsis in low-income countries are highly limited. This report highlights the isolation of three Staphylococcus epidermidis non-genome assembly strains (NGASs) from blood samples from neonates with unknown transmission sources. Pathogenic factors and sources of transmission of these strains warrant further investigation.