title: Short communication: Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex isolated from infant milk formula and utensils in a nursery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
abstract: Infant milk formulas are not sterile products, and pathogenic bacteria can survive and multiply in these products. This study was performed, initially, to detect the presence of Salmonella spp. in reconstituted infant milk formula and on utensils previously sanitized used in their preparation or distribution in a nursery of a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro. None of the samples tested carried Salmonellaspp. However, further identification of colonies growing on the selective media revealed the presence of several other gram-negative bacteria. Seventeen isolates were identified as belonging to Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex. Fourteen isolates presented a multidrug-resistance profile, by disc diffusion assays, and one of them--JE4--was also resistant to imipenem. The detection of Acinetobacter isolates in this work demonstrates inadequate hygiene practices in the preparation or distribution of infant milk formula.
authors: Laboratory of Microbiology, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Senador Furtado 121, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 20270-021, Brazil.
authors: B C
authors: BC
authors: Araújo
authors: Laboratory of Microbiology, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Senador Furtado 121, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 20270-021, Brazil.
authors: M S
authors: MS
authors: Moraes
authors: Laboratory of Microbiology, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Senador Furtado 121, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 20270-021, Brazil.
authors: L E O
authors: LE
authors: Costa
authors: Laboratory of Microbiology, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Senador Furtado 121, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 20270-021, Brazil. Electronic address: janaina.nascimento@ifrj.edu.br.
authors: J S
authors: JS
authors: Nascimento
mesh_terms: D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001938:Brazil; D003297:Cooking and Eating Utensils; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D041943:Infant Formula / Q000382:microbiology*; D009724:Nurseries, Infant; D012475:Salmonella / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification
keywords: Acinetobacter spp; infant milk formula; multidrug resistance; utensil