Draft Genome Sequences of Two Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bloodstream Infection Isolates Associated with Rapid Patient Death

K L McCarthy; A V Jennison; A M Wailan; D L Paterson

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00597-17

Draft Genome Sequences of Two Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bloodstream Infection Isolates Associated with Rapid Patient Death

Genome Announc. 2017 Aug 17;5(33):e00597-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00597-17.

Authors

K L McCarthy¹, A V Jennison², A M Wailan³, D L Paterson⁴

Affiliations

¹ The University of Queensland, UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia kate.mccarthy1@uqconnect.edu.au.
² Public Health Microbiology, Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health, Queensland, Australia.
³ Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
⁴ The University of Queensland, UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Abstract

The morbidity and mortality associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infections are significant. New strategies are required to treat such infections. We report here the draft genome sequences of two antibiotic-sensitive P. aeruginosa bloodstream infection isolates that were associated with rapid death in nonneutropenic patients.