First detection of a plasmid-encoded New-Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) producing Acinetobacter baumannii using whole genome sequencing, isolated in a clinical setting in Benin

• Main Authors: Carine Yehouenou (Author), Bert Bogaerts (Author), Kevin Vanneste (Author), Nancy H. C. Roosens (Author), Sigrid C. J. De Keersmaecker (Author), Kathleen Marchal (Author), Dissou Affolabi (Author), Reza Soleimani (Author), Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos (Author), Françoise Van Bambeke (Author), Olivia Dalleur (Author), Anne Simon (Author)
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• Publicado: BMC, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is considered a top priority pathogen by the World Health Organization for combatting increasing antibiotic resistance and development of new drugs. Since it was originally reported in Klebsiella pneumoniae in 2009, the quick spread of...