First report of OXA-72 producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Romania. (September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Georgescu, M.; Gheorghe, I.; Dudu, A.; Czobor, I.; Costache, M.; Cristea, V.-C.; Lazăr, V.; Chifiriuc, M.C.
• Is Part Of: New microbes and new infections. Volume 13(2016)
• Page Start: 87
• Page End: 88
• Publication Date: 2016-09
• Subjects: Acinetobacter baumannii -- carbapenemase -- chronic leg ulcer -- Eastern Europe -- multidrug-resistant -- OXA-72; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; Microbiology -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9041
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.07.004
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2052-2975

Abstract

Abstract: This is the first report of an OXA-72-producing Acinetobacter baumannii strain in Romania, isolated from chronic leg ulcer samples. Identification of the strain was performed using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Presence of carbapenem resistance genes was investigated by PCR and sequencing. Our data support the spread of the bla OXA-72 gene in Eastern Europe.