Species identification, antibiotic resistance, and virulence in Enterobacter cloacae complex clinical isolates from South Korea.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to identify the species of Enterobacter cloacae complex (ECC) isolates and compare the genotype, antibiotic resistance, and virulence among them. A total of 183 ECC isolates were collected from patients in eight hospitals in South Korea. Based on partial sequences of hsp60 and phylogenetic analysis, all ECC isolates were identified as nine species and six subspecies. Enterobacter hormaechei was the predominant species (47.0%), followed by Enterobacter kobei, Enterobacter asburiae, Enterobacter ludiwigii, and Enterobacter roggenkampii. Multilocus sequence typing analysis revealed that dissemination was not limited to a few clones, but E. hormaechei subsp. xiangfangensis, E. hormaechei subsp. steigerwal

SUBMITTER: Ganbold M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10076837 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature