Whole-Genome Sequences of Two Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Strains Isolated from Patients with Urinary Tract Infection in Ghana.
Nicholas AgyepongUsha GovindenAlex Owusu-OforiMushal AllamArshad IsmailTorunn PedersenArnfinn SundsfjordSabiha EssackPublished in: Microbiology resource announcements (2019)
Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is a major nosocomial pathogen. We describe the whole-genome sequences of two multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from hospitalized patients in the intensive care unit at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Ghana. The isolates carry multiple resistance genes, including those for β-lactams, sulfonamides, aminoglycosides, and tetracycline.
Keyphrases
- acinetobacter baumannii
- multidrug resistant
- drug resistant
- urinary tract infection
- gram negative
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- genetic diversity
- escherichia coli
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- genome wide
- candida albicans
- cystic fibrosis
- dna methylation
- high resolution
- mass spectrometry
- staphylococcus aureus
- solid phase extraction