Investigation of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in a district hospital in Taiwan.
A total of 34 Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from a district hospital in Taiwan were identified with carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinase OXA-66/OXA-51-like. In addition, 26 of 28 carbapenem-resistant isolates harbored plasmid-encoded bla(OXA-23)-like genes. Twenty of 28 carbapenem-resistant isolates mapped to the major genotype cluster A of carbapenemase producer by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
Chen
Chih-Ming
CM
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Tungs' Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital, Taiwan; The Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University, Taiwan.
Liu
Po-Yen
PY
Ke
Se-Chin
SC
Wu
Hwa-Jen
HJ
Wu
Lii-Tzu
LT
D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D015780:Carbapenems / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005838:Genotype; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006801:Humans; D010957:Plasmids; D013624:Taiwan; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000096:biosynthesis
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015780:Carbapenems; D001618:beta-Lactamases; C108449:oxacillinase