First identification and whole-genome characterization of human-associated Enterobacter roggenkampii and Enterobacter sichuanensis carrying bla_IMI-4 carbapenemase in Costa Rica.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

All carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacterial isolates obtained in the Costa Rican National Network of Bacteriology Laboratories are routinely referred to the National Reference Center for Bacteriology for the national-laboratory for the surveillance and characterization of their carbapenem-related mechanism of resistance. As a result of this healthcare-associated infection surveillance, two bacterial isolates with unknown mechanisms for carbapenem resistance were investigated.

Methods

The isolates were subjected to taxonomic identification, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and whole-genome characterization, using Illumina and Oxford Nanopore technologies, and bioinformatic analyses.

Results

The isolates were identified as Enterobacter roggenkampii a

SUBMITTER: Gutierrez R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12198106 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature