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Short Communication • Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 113 (6) • 2018 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0074-02760170558   copy

Detection of blaNDM-1 in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolated from Brazilian soil

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This study reports the presence of the blaNDM-1 gene in an isolate of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia obtained from a Brazilian soil, inside an IncA/C plasmid with ~ 45 Kb. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second report in the world and the first in Brazil of NDM-producing bacterium isolated from soil.

Key words
bla NDM-1 ; soil; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; IncA/C

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