Draft Genome Sequence of Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Strain CUAB1 from a Patient in Hong Kong, China

Aldrin Kay-Yuen Yim; Jamie Sui-Lam Kwok; Allen Chi-Shing Yu; Alden King-Yung Leung; Hiuus Hiu-Yu Lau; Ting-Fung Chan; Margaret Ip; Stephen Kwok-Wing Tsui

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00442-15

Draft Genome Sequence of Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Strain CUAB1 from a Patient in Hong Kong, China

Genome Announc. 2015 May 14;3(3):e00442-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00442-15.

Authors

Aldrin Kay-Yuen Yim¹, Jamie Sui-Lam Kwok², Allen Chi-Shing Yu¹, Alden King-Yung Leung¹, Hiuus Hiu-Yu Lau¹, Ting-Fung Chan¹, Margaret Ip³, Stephen Kwok-Wing Tsui⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
² School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
³ Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁴ kwtsui@cuhk.edu.hk.

Abstract

We report the draft genome sequence of an extensively drug-resistant strain of Acinetobacter baumannii, CUAB1, isolated from a patient in a local Hong Kong hospital. MIC testing was performed, and genes previously associated with drug resistance were located.