| Literature DB >> 34097495 |
Antoine G Abou Fayad1,2,3, Louis-Patrick Haraoui4, Ahmad Sleiman1,2,3, Mohamad Jaafar1,2,3, Abdulaziz Zorgani5, Ghassan M Matar1,2,3, Paul G Higgins6,7.
Abstract
We investigated the molecular epidemiology of 21 carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from Libya and assessed their relative fitness. Core genome multilocus sequence typing (MLST) revealed five interhospital transmission clusters. Three clusters were associated with the international clones (IC) IC1, IC2, and IC7. Carbapenem-resistance was associated with blaOXA-23, blaGES-11, or blaNDM-1. Compared to that of A. baumannii DSM 30008, the doubling time was similar over 10 h, but after 16 h, half the isolates grew to higher densities, suggesting a fitness advantage.Entities:
Keywords: Acinetobacter baumannii; antimicrobial resistance; carbapenems; fitness cost
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Year: 2021 PMID: 34097495 PMCID: PMC8373249 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00277-21
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191