Carbapenem Resistant Aeromonas hydrophila Carrying bla_cphA7 Isolated From Two Solid Organ Transplant Patients.

ABSTRACT: Aeromonas hydrophila resides in a variety of aquatic environments. Infections with A. hydrophila mainly occur after contact with fresh or brackish water. Nosocomial infections with A. hydrophila can also occur. A. hydrophila infections can be difficult to treat due to both intrinsic and acquired antimicrobial resistance (AMR) mechanisms. In 2018-19, we isolated multi-drug resistant (MDR) A. hyrodphila from two solid organ transplant patients with intra-abdominal infections. We aimed to characterize their AMR mechanisms and to determine their genetic relatedness to aid epidemiological investigation. We performed whole genome sequencing (WGS) using Illumina MiSeq and Nanopore MinIon on 3 A. hydrophila isolates, with one isolate from Patient A (blood)

SUBMITTER: Hilt EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7649429 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature