Plasmid-encoded VCC-1 ß-lactamase in a clinical isolate of Aeromonas caviae.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
; 67(11): e0070723, 2023 11 15.
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ABSTRACT
Vibrio cholerae carbapenemase (VCC-1) is a chromosomal encoded class A carbapenemase thus far reported in environmental Vibrio cholerae isolates. Here, we report the first isolation of a blaVCC-1 -carrying Aeromonas caviae from a clinical sample in Israel. The isolate was resistant to all ß-lactam agents, including carbapenems. The blaVCC-1 was located on a large plasmid. GC content suggests that the origin of the blaVCC-1 gene is neither Aeromonas nor Vibrio spp. but an unknown progenitor.
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Vibrio cholerae
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Aeromonas
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Aeromonas caviae
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2023
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