The Integrative and Conjugative Element ICE<i>Csp</i>POL2 Contributes to the Outbreak of Multi-Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria for<i>Chryseobacterium</i>Spp. and<i>Elizabethkingia</i>Spp.
Jiafang Fu, Chuanqing Zhong, Yingping Zhou, Mengru Lu, Gongli Zong, Peipei Zhang, Moutai Cheng, Guangxiang Cao
Abstract
Infections with multiple antibiotic-resistant Chryseobacterium and Elizabethkingia in intensive care units have been increasing in recent years. In this study, the mobile integrative and conjugative element ICE Csp POL2, which was associated with the transmission of a carbapenem resistance gene, was identified in the genome of the multi-antibiotic-resistant strain Chryseobacterium sp.
Topics & Concepts
OutbreakMobile genetic elementsHorizontal gene transferBiologyGenomeAntibiotic resistancePhylogenetic treeStrain (injury)BacteriaTransmission (telecommunications)Whole genome sequencingGeneticsMicrobiologyFlavobacteriaceaeGeneMultiple drug resistanceDiseaseComputational biologyAntibioticsBacterial geneticsDNA sequencingDrug resistanceLivestockResistance (ecology)PhylogeneticsBacterial genome sizeIntensive careInfections and bacterial resistanceInfectious Disease Case Reports and TreatmentsEnterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research