title: Diversity in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from paediatric cancer patients in Egypt.
abstract: Acinetobacter baumannii is an important nosocomial pathogen, commonly causing infections in immunocompromised patients. It is increasingly reported as a multidrug-resistant organism, which is alarming because of its capability to resist all available classes of antibiotics including carbapenems. The aim of this study was to examine the genetic and epidemiological diversity of A. baumannii isolates from paediatric cancer patients in Egypt, by sequencing the intrinsic blaOXA -51-like gene, genotyping by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and multi-locus sequence typing in addition to identifying the carbapenem-resistance mechanism. Results showed a large diversity within the isolates, with eight different blaOXA -51-like genes, seven novel sequence types and only 28% similarity by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. All three acquired class-D carbapenemases (OXA-23, OXA-40 and OXA-58) were also identified among these strains correlating with resistance to carbapenems. In addition, we report the first identification of ISAba2 upstream of blaOXA -51-like contributing to high-level carbapenem resistance. This indicates the presence of several clones of A. baumannii in the hospitals and illustrates the large genetic and epidemiological diversity found in Egyptian strains.
authors: Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Al-Hassan
authors: H
authors: H
authors: El Mehallawy
authors: S G B
authors: SG
authors: Amyes
mesh_terms: D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000145:classification* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004534:Egypt; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D018440:beta-Lactam Resistance
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial
keywords: Acinetobacter baumannii; ISAba2; bla
  OXA-51-like; carbapenem-hydrolysing class D β-lactamase; diversity; insertion sequences; resistance