Identification of an epidemic carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strain at hospitals in Buenos Aires City.
To identify epidemic Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) clones, 38 carbapenem-resistant AB isolates from 5 hospitals were analyzed. Macrorestriction classified 24 isolates as clone IV, susceptibility pattern clustering analysis grouped almost all of them together, and they were uniformly biotype 8. Clone IV was present at all 5 hospitals, so that it represents a carbapenem-resistant AB strain with epidemic behavior.
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Raquel Eve
RE
Barbolla
Daniela
D
Centrón
Ana
A
Di Martino
Stella
S
Maimone
Claudia
C
Salgueira
Angela
A
Famiglietti
Carlos
C
Vay
Mariana
M
Catalano
D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D015780:Carbapenems / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014505:Urban Population
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015780:Carbapenems