Surveillance in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Allowed the Isolation of a Strain of VIM-Producing <i>Pantoea brenneri</i>

• Main Authors: Cristina Merla (Author), Irene Mileto (Author), Stefano Gaiarsa (Author), Cristian Achille (Author), Stefano Ghirardello (Author), Marta Corbella (Author), Fausto Baldanti (Author), Patrizia Cambieri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Here, we describe the isolation of a strain of the genus <i>Pantoea</i> encoding a VIM carbapenemase, the first to our knowledge. The strain, isolated from a rectal swab of a 10-day-old newborn admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), was identified through whole-genome sequenc...