Genome sequence of a multidrug-resistant Corynebacterium striatum isolated from bloodstream infection from a nosocomial outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil



Document title: Genome sequence of a multidrug-resistant Corynebacterium striatum isolated from bloodstream infection from a nosocomial outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Journal: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000420045
ISSN: 0074-0276
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Nacional de Controle de Qualidade em Saude, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
2Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
3Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
4Universidade Federal do Para, Centro de Genomica e Biologia de Sistemas, Belem, Para. Brasil
5Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Ciencias da Saude, Salvador, Bahia. Brasil
6Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Brasil
7Universidad de La Frontera, Núcleo de Biorrecursos Científicos y Tecnológicos, Temuco, Cautín. Chile
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Volumen: 113
Number: 9
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental, aplicado
English abstract Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Corynebacterium striatum has been cited with increased frequency as pathogen of nosocomial infections. In this study, we report the draft genome of a C. striatum isolated from a patient with bloodstream infection in a hospital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The isolate presented susceptibility only to tetracycline, vancomycin and linezolid. The detection of various antibiotic resistance genes is fully consistent with previously observed multidrug-resistant pattern in Corynebacterium spp. A large part of the pTP10 plasmid of MDR C. striatum M82B is present in the genome of our isolate. A SpaDEF cluster and seven arrays of CRISPR-Cas were found
Disciplines: Medicina
Keyword: Bacterias,
Genética,
Secuencia génica,
Resistencia a fármacos,
Corynebacterium striatum
Keyword: Bacteria,
Genetics,
Gene sequence,
Drug resistance,
Corynebacterium striatum
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