Antibiotic Resistant and Virulence Determinants of Staphylococcus haemolyticus C10A as Revealed by Whole Genome Sequencing

Kok-Gan Chan; Kim Tien Ng; Teik Min Chong; Yong Kek Pang; Adeeba Kamarulzaman; Wai-Fong Yin; Kok Keng Tee

doi:10.7150/jgen.12574

Antibiotic Resistant and Virulence Determinants of Staphylococcus haemolyticus C10A as Revealed by Whole Genome Sequencing

J Genomics. 2015 Jun 3:3:72-4. doi: 10.7150/jgen.12574. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Kok-Gan Chan¹, Kim Tien Ng², Teik Min Chong¹, Yong Kek Pang², Adeeba Kamarulzaman², Wai-Fong Yin¹, Kok Keng Tee²

Affiliations

¹ 1. Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.
² 2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.

Abstract

Staphylococcus haemolyticus is one of the pathogens that harbor a high level of antibiotic resistance. Here, we highlighted the potential determinants for multidrug resistance and virulence from the draft genome of Staphylococcus haemolyticus strain C10A, isolated from a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation.

Keywords: Staphylococcus haemolyticus; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).; multidrug resistance; whole genome sequencing.