Characterization of a multidrug-resistant, novel Bacteroides genomospecies.

ABSTRACT: Metronidazole- and carbapenem-resistant Bacteroides fragilis are rare in the United States. We isolated a multidrug-resistant anaerobe from the bloodstream and intraabdominal abscesses of a patient who had traveled to India. Whole-genome sequencing identified the organism as a novel Bacteroides genomospecies. Physicians should be aware of the possibility for concomitant carbapenem- and metronidazole-resistant Bacteroides infections.

SUBMITTER: Salipante SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4285247 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature