Literature DB >> 22449866

Identification of OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Greece, 2010 to 2011.

A Liakopoulos1, V Miriagou, E A Katsifas, A D Karagouni, G L Daikos, L S Tzouvelekis, E Petinaki.   

Abstract

We report on the sequence type and beta-lactamase content of 174 carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates recovered from clinical specimens during 2010 and 2011 in a tertiary care hospital in central Greece. Carbapenem resistance was associated mainly with carriage of the bla(OXA-23) gene (in 72.4% of the isolates). To our knowledge, this is the first description of A. baumannii strains producing OXA-23 in Greece. During 2011, in our hospital they rapidly ‘replaced’ the previously predominant OXA-58- positive A. baumannii strains.

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Year:  2012        PMID: 22449866

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Euro Surveill        ISSN: 1025-496X


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