Abstract
Metronidazole- and carbapenem-resistant Bacteroides fragilis are rare in the United States. We isolated a multidrug-resistant anaerobe from the bloodstream and intraabdominal abscesses of a patient who had traveled to India. Whole-genome sequencing identified the organism as a novel Bacteroides genomospecies. Physicians should be aware of the possibility for concomitant carbapenem- and metronidazole-resistant Bacteroides infections.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
MeSH terms
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Adenocarcinoma / blood
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Adenocarcinoma / microbiology
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Adenocarcinoma / secondary
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Aged
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
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Bacteroides / drug effects*
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Bacteroides / genetics
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Bacteroides / isolation & purification
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Bacteroides Infections / blood
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Bacteroides Infections / microbiology*
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Colonic Neoplasms / blood
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Colonic Neoplasms / microbiology
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Colonic Neoplasms / pathology
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Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
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Genome, Bacterial
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Humans
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Male
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Sequence Analysis, DNA