Genetic information on OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii strain CCBH15815, belonging to ST730/ST783, isolated from Brazil

Braz J Microbiol. 2019 Jul;50(3):695-696. doi: 10.1007/s42770-019-00087-1. Epub 2019 May 27.

Abstract

In Brazil, A. baumannii has been described as nosocomial pathogens causing hospital-acquired infections. Current WGS technologies have been useful in identifying of genetic features between Acinetobacter isolates. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of OXA-23 producing A. baumannii CCBH15815 clinical isolate, belonging to ST730/ST783, recovered from a 21-year-old hospitalised patient. We observed important resistance determinant genes, especially beta-lactamases-encoding genes, in an estimated genome size of 4,058,633 bp with 3839 predicted coding regions.

Keywords: A. baumannii; Bioinformatics analysis; Brazil; Multidrug resistance; OXA-23.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / enzymology
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / genetics*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism*
  • Brazil
  • Cross Infection / microbiology*
  • Genome Size
  • Genome, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing
  • Young Adult
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • beta-Lactamases