Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3397930 | Clinical Microbiology and Infection | 2009 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Thirty consecutive Acinetobacter baumannii isolates producing carbapenem-hydrolysing oxacillinases, OXA-23 or OXA-58, were recovered from patients hospitalized in Rome, Italy, between January and November 2007. Among these isolates, two clones not associated with the European clones I or II were observed. The oxacillinase-encoding genes were plasmid- or chromosome-borne. This study reports the dissemination of carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii belonging to two clones among several units in a single hospital and emphasizes the ability of A. baumannii to cause epidemic/endemic outbreaks and also to acquire various resistance genes circulating in the hospital environment.
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Authors
R.E. Mendes, T. Spanu, L. Deshpande, M. Castanheira, R.N. Jones, G. Fadda,