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Title: | Long-term dissemination of an OXA-40 carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii clone in the Iberian Peninsula | Authors: | Silva, G. J. da Quinteira, S. Bértolo, E. Sousa, J. C. Gallego, L. Duarte, A. Peixe, L. |
Keywords: | Acinetobacter spp.; Epidemic clones; Oxacillinases; B-lactamases | Issue Date: | Jul-2004 | Publisher: | Oxford University Press | Citation: | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 54:1 (2004) 255–258 | Abstract: | Objective: The main objectives of this study were to assess the clonal relatedness of Acinetobacter baumannii carbapenem-resistant isolates recovered from the Iberian Peninsula and to investigate the production of carbapenemases. Methods: One hundred and sixty-two imipenem-resistant A. baumannii isolates were collected from 1998 to 2003 in three Portuguese university hospitals. An imipenem-resistant isolate (988FFP strain) recovered in 1995 from a smaller hospital unit, was also included, as well as an OXA-40-producing A. baumannii Spanish strain (SM28). Susceptibility tests were carried out by disc diffusion and Etest methods. DNA fingerprints were obtained by PFGE of Apa I-digested chromosomal DNA. Carbapene- mase activity was determined by a bioassay and spectrophotometry. The detection of the blaOXA-40 gene was conducted through PCR analysis, cloning and nucleotide sequencing. Results: All the isolates presented a similar multi-resistance pattern, including imipenem (MIC >32 mg/L). The Iberian isolates showed an identical PFGE pattern with minor band variations, including isolate 988FFP collected in 1995. PCR results revealed a blaOXA-type gene in 65 isolates and nucleotide sequence analysis revealed the presence of the blaOXA-40 gene in seven representative Portuguese iso- lates from the various geographically dispersed hospitals. Conclusions: Our results indicate that a multi-resistant epidemic clone of A. baumannii, carrying blaOXA-40, is disseminated in the Iberian Peninsula, persisting in Portugal since 1995 | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/12635 | ISSN: | 0305-7453 | DOI: | 10.1093/jac/dkh269 | Rights: | openAccess |
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