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.
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Bacteremia/microbiology , Corynebacterium Infections/microbiology , Corynebacterium/drug effects , Corynebacterium/genetics , Cross Infection/microbiology , Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial/genetics , Genome, Bacterial/genetics , Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Brazil , Corynebacterium/isolation & purification , Disease Outbreaks , Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial/drug effects , Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field , Genotype , Humans , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Sequence Analysis, DNAABSTRACT
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.
