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Global dissemination of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM)-producing bacteria has become a major health threat. However, there are few reports regarding the identification and characterisation of NDM-producing bacteria from West Africa, including Ghana. An  Escherichia coli  strain with resistance to meropenem was isolated from the Tamale Teaching Hospital in Ghana. Its identification and determination of antibiotic susceptibility profile were carried out using commercial systems. The antibiotic resistance mechanism was analysed by phenotypic detection kits, PCR, and DNA sequencing. Conjugation experiments, S1 nuclease pulsed field gel electrophoresis, and Southern blotting were performed. Finally, the NDM-1-harbouring plasmid was characterised using next-generation sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. The meropenem-resistant  Escherichia coli  strain EC2189 harboured  bla  NDM-1  and belonged to sequence type 410.  bla  NDM-1  was located on the IncHI type transferrable plasmid p2189-NDM (248,807 bp long), which co-carried multiple resistance genes, such as  bla  CTX-M-15 ,  aad A1,  aac(6')-Ib ,  sul 3,  dfr A12, and  cml A1. p2189-NDM phylogenetically differed from previously identified  bla  NDM-1 -positive IncHI type plasmids. A truncated Tn 125  containing  bla  NDM-1  was bracketed by an IS Sm-1 -like insertion sequence upstream and by a site-specific integrase downstream. To the best of our knowledge, we have, for the first time identified and molecularly characterised an NDM-1-producing  Enterobacteriaceae  strain in Ghana with  bla  NDM-1  that had a novel genetic structure. Our findings indicate a possibility of NDM-1 dissemination in Ghana and underscore the need for constant monitoring of carbapenemase-producing bacteria.

Molecular characterisation of the NDM-1-encoding plasmid p2189-NDM in an Escherichia coli ST410 clinical isolate from Ghana