An ST405 NDM-4-producing Escherichia coli isolated from a Danish patient previously hospitalized in Vietnam
Author(s) -
Lotte Jakobsen,
Anette M. Hammerum,
Frank Hansen,
David Fuglsang-Damgaard
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkt356
Subject(s) - danish , escherichia coli , microbiology and biotechnology , enterobacteriaceae , medicine , biology , genetics , linguistics , gene , philosophy
This variant, designatedNDM-4, differs from NDM-1 by a single amino substitution and anincreased carbapenemase activity. NDM-4 was rst detected inan Escherichia coli isolated from a urinary sample from a patientpreviously hospitalized in India. A second nding of the NDM-4variantwasreportedinanE.colirectalisolatefromapatienttrans-ferredfromCameroontoFrance.
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