Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in New Caledonia.

Authors :: Le Hello S
Falcot V
Lacassin F
Baumann F
Nordmann P
Naas T
Source :: Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases [Clin Microbiol Infect] 2008 Oct; Vol. 14 (10), pp. 977-81.
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CR-Ab) ranked third, with a frequency of 24.8%, among 202 strains of multidrug-resistant bacteria isolated from clinical samples in the main hospital of New Caledonia in 2004. All CR-Ab isolates were analysed by isoelectric focusing, conjugation, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and PCR for the presence of carbapenemase genes. Fifty CR-Ab isolates produced carbapenemase OXA-23. The isolates belonged to a single clone presenting several subtypes, suggesting an endemic situation. This study further illustrates the widespread prevalence of carbapenemase OXA-23-producing CR-Ab isolates in the South Pacific.

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1469-0691
Volume :: 14
Issue :: 10
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 18828857
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02068.x

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