Complete Genome Sequence of a Multidrug-Resistant, blaNDM-1-Expressing Klebsiella pneumoniae K66-45 Clinical Isolate from Norway

Adam Heikal; Ørjan Samuelsen; Tom Kristensen; Ole Andreas Økstad

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00601-17

Complete Genome Sequence of a Multidrug-Resistant, bla_NDM-1-Expressing Klebsiella pneumoniae K66-45 Clinical Isolate from Norway

Genome Announc. 2017 Jul 6;5(27):e00601-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00601-17.

Authors

Adam Heikal^{1

2}, Ørjan Samuelsen^{3

4}, Tom Kristensen⁵, Ole Andreas Økstad^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Integrative Microbial Evolution (CIME), Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway adam.heikal@farmasi.uio.no aloechen@farmasi.uio.no.
² Laboratory for Microbial Dynamics (LaMDa), Section for Pharmaceutical Biosciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway.
³ Reference Centre for Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
⁴ Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
⁵ Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway.

Abstract

Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is a major cause of hospital-acquired infections. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of the multidrug-resistant, bla_NDM-1-positive strain K. pneumoniae K66-45, isolated from a hospitalized Norwegian patient.