title: An Intrinsic Strain of Colistin-resistant Acinetobacter Isolated from a Japanese Patient.
abstract: We herein report the first domestic case of bacteremia caused by an intrinsic strain of colistin-resistant Acinetobacter. The Acinetobacter species was detected in the hemocultures in a febrile patient. The patient was a 65-year-old-man who was admitted to our hospital for laparotomic gastrostomy. The patient's antimicrobial susceptibility patterns were atypical; they were colistin resistant but not multiple drug resistant. A sequence analysis of rpoB identified the bacterium as an Acinetobacter genomic species 13BJ/14TU, which had only been previously reported in South Korea. He had never traveled to South Korea but frequently had contact with the South Korean community. We therefore demonstrated that infection with this species could occur in domestic cases.
authors: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Osaka City University Hospital, Japan.
authors: Etsuko
authors: E
authors: Takizawa
authors: Koichi
authors: K
authors: Yamada
authors: Ken-Ichi
authors: K
authors: Oinuma
authors: Kanako
authors: K
authors: Sato
authors: Mamiko
authors: M
authors: Niki
authors: Hiroki
authors: H
authors: Namikawa
authors: Hiroki
authors: H
authors: Fujimoto
authors: Kazuhisa
authors: K
authors: Asai
authors: Yukihiro
authors: Y
authors: Kaneko
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Kakeya
mesh_terms: D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003091:Colistin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003091:Colistin