Pan-drug resistant < em > Providencia rettgeri < /em > contributing to a fatal case of COVID-19

J Med Microbiol. 2021 Aug;70(8). doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.001406.ABSTRACTFollowing prolonged hospitalization that included broad-spectrum antibiotic exposure, a strain of Providencia rettgeri was cultured from the blood of a patient undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation treatment for hypoxic respiratory failure due to COVID-19. The strain was resistant to all antimicrobials tested including the novel siderophore cephalosporin, cefiderocol. Whole genome sequencing detected ten antimicrobial resistance genes, including the metallo-β-lactamase bla NDM-1, the extended-spectrum β-lactamase bla PER-1, and the rare 16S methyltransferase rmtB2.PMID:34448689 | DOI:10.1099/jmm.0.001406

Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - August 27, 2021 Category: Microbiology Authors: Patrick Mc Gann Matthew R Geringer Lindsey R Hall Francois Lebreton Elizabeth Markelz Yoon I Kwak Sheila Johnson Ana C Ong Aubrey Powell Tsigereda Tekle Yehudit Bergman Patricia J Simner Jason W Bennett Robert J Cybulski Brian K White Source Type: research