TY - JOUR
T1 - . Clonal dissemination of two clusters of Acinetobacter baumannii producing OXA-23 or OXA-58 in Rome, Italy.
AU - Mendes, Re
AU - Spanu, Teresa
AU - Deshpande, L
AU - Castanheira, M
AU - Jones, Rn
AU - Fadda, Giovanni
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Acinetobacter baumannii
KW - Acinetobacter baumannii
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/10152
M3 - Article
SN - 1198-743X
VL - 2009
SP - 588
EP - 592
JO - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
JF - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
ER -