First Report of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter nosocomialisIsolates Harboring ISAba1-blaOXA-23Genes in Latin America

Autor: Teixeira, Aline Borges, Martins, Andreza Francisco, Barin, Juliana, Hermes, Djuli Milene, Pitt, Caroline Pormann, Barth, Afonso Luis
Zdroj: Journal of Clinical Microbiology; August 2013, Vol. 51 Issue: 8 p2739-2741, 3p
Abstrakt: ABSTRACTIn recent years, different resistance genes have been found in Acinetobacterspp., especially in the species A. baumannii. We describe two isolates of carbapenem-resistant A. nosocomialisharboring ISAba1-blaOXA-23and blaOXA-51found in patients from the city of Porto Alegre, southern Brazil. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of carbapenem-resistant A. nosocomialisin Latin America.
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