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.
Barbolla
Raquel Eve
RE
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Centrón
Daniela
D
Di Martino
Ana
A
Maimone
Stella
S
Salgueira
Claudia
C
Famiglietti
Angela
A
Vay
Carlos
C
Catalano
Mariana
M
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