Whole-Genome Sequencing Overrules a Suspected Case of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacter cloacae Transmission

J Clin Microbiol. 2017 Sep;55(9):2868-2870. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00915-17. Epub 2017 Jun 28.

Authors

Mark Chen¹, Sean Conlan¹, Anna F Lau², John P Dekker², Clay Deming¹; NISC Comparative Sequencing Program; David K Henderson², Karen M Frank², Tara N Palmore², Julia A Segre³

Affiliations

¹ National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
² National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
³ National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA jsegre@nhgri.nih.gov.

No abstract available

Keywords: Enterobacteriaceae; beta-lactamases; genomics; nosocomial transmission.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae / drug effects
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae / enzymology
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae / genetics*
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics
Enterobacter cloacae / enzymology
Enterobacter cloacae / genetics*
Enterobacter cloacae / isolation & purification
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / diagnosis
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / drug therapy
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / transmission
Epidemiological Monitoring
Genes, Bacterial / genetics
Genome, Bacterial*
Humans
Intensive Care Units / standards
beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
DNA, Bacterial
beta-Lactamases