Coexistence of Fosfomycin and Colistin Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae: Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequencing

Balaji Veeraraghavan; Susmitha K Perumalla; Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi; Agila Kumari Pragasam; Dhiviya Prabaa Muthuirulandi Sethuvel; Sandhana Inian; Francis Yesurajan Inbanathan

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01303-16

Coexistence of Fosfomycin and Colistin Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae: Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequencing

Genome Announc. 2016 Nov 23;4(6):e01303-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01303-16.

Authors

Balaji Veeraraghavan¹, Susmitha K Perumalla², Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi², Agila Kumari Pragasam², Dhiviya Prabaa Muthuirulandi Sethuvel², Sandhana Inian², Francis Yesurajan Inbanathan²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India vbalaji@cmcvellore.ac.in.
² Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.

Abstract

Resistance to colistin is a major threat that limits therapeutic choices for treating carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections. Herein, we report the draft genome sequences of two colistin-resistant K. pneumoniae isolates (BA41763 and B6753). The sequence data indicate that BA41763 and B6753 contain genomes of ~5.9 and 5.7 Mb in size with several plasmids.

Grants and funding

This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.