title: Identification of OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Greece, 2010 to 2011.
abstract: We report on the sequence type and beta-lactamase content of 174 carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates recovered from clinical specimens during 2010 and 2011 in a tertiary care hospital in central Greece. Carbapenem resistance was associated mainly with carriage of the bla(OXA-23) gene (in 72.4% of the isolates). To our knowledge, this is the first description of A. baumannii strains producing OXA-23 in Greece. During 2011, in our hospital they rapidly ‘replaced’ the previously predominant OXA-58- positive A. baumannii strains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liakopoulos
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Miriagou
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Katsifas
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Karagouni
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Daikos
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Tzouvelekis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Petinaki
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D013045:Species Specificity; D055815:Young Adult; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001618:beta-Lactamases; C539948:beta-lactamase OXA-23, Acinetobacter radioresistens