Outbreak of infection by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii producing the carbapenemase OXA-58 in Belgium.

Bogaerts, Pierre;Naas, Thierry;Wybo, Ingrid;Bauraing, Caroline;Glupczynski, Gerald;et.al.
(2006) Journal of Clinical Microbiology — Vol. 44, n° 11, p. 4189-4192 (2006)

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  • Bogaerts, Pierre
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  • Naas, Thierry
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  • Wybo, Ingrid
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  • Bauraing, Caroline
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Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates were obtained from 17 patients between September 2004 and August 2005 at the Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. These multidrug-resistant isolates, which belonged to a single clone, remained susceptible to colistin and tigecycline only and produced the carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinase OXA-58. This study highlights the importance of the intercountry spread of this beta-lactamase-mediated resistance mechanism and its epidemic evolution.
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Bogaerts, P., Naas, T., Wybo, I., Bauraing, C., Soetens, O., Piérard, D., Nordmann, P., & Glupczynski, G. (2006). Outbreak of infection by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii producing the carbapenemase OXA-58 in Belgium. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 44(11), 4189-4192. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00796-06 (Original work published 2006)