title: First report of OXA-72 producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Romania.
abstract: This is the first report of an OXA-72-producing Acinetobacter baumannii strain in Romania, isolated from chronic leg ulcer samples. Identification of the strain was performed using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Presence of carbapenem resistance genes was investigated by PCR and sequencing. Our data support the spread of the bla OXA-72 gene in Eastern Europe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Central Emergency University Military Hospital "Carol Davila", Romania.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Georgescu
authors.affiliation: Research Institute, ICUB, Romania; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Romania.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gheorghe
authors.affiliation: Research Institute, ICUB, Romania; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Romania.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dudu
authors.affiliation: Research Institute, ICUB, Romania; Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Czobor
authors.affiliation: Research Institute, ICUB, Romania; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Romania.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Costache
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Romania; Central Reference Laboratory Synevo, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: V-C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Cristea
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Romania.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lazăr
authors.affiliation: Research Institute, ICUB, Romania; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Romania.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Chifiriuc
keywords: Acinetobacter baumannii; Eastern Europe; OXA-72; carbapenemase; chronic leg ulcer; multidrug-resistant