title: Investigation of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in a district hospital in Taiwan.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Tungs' Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital, Taiwan; The Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chih-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Po-Yen
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Se-Chin
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Ke
authors.forename: Hwa-Jen
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Lii-Tzu
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015780:Carbapenems; D001618:beta-Lactamases; C108449:oxacillinase