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Euro Surveill. Outbreak of NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in France, January to May 2013
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 18, Issue 31, 01 August 2013
Rapid communications
Outbreak of NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in France, January to May 2013
J W Decousser <SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP>, C Jansen<SUP>2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, P Nordmann<SUP>4</SUP><SUP>,5</SUP>, A Emirian<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP>, R A Bonnin<SUP>4</SUP>, L Anais<SUP>1</SUP>, J C Merle<SUP>6</SUP>, L Poirel<SUP>4</SUP><SUP>,5</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Decousser JW, Jansen C, Nordmann P, Emirian A, Bonnin RA, Anais L, Merle JC, Poirel L. Outbreak of NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in France, January to May 2013 . Euro Surveill. 2013;18(31):pii=20547. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20547
Date of submission: 23 July 2013
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We report the first outbreak of carbapenem-resistant NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Europe, in a French intensive-care unit in January to May 2013. The index patient was transferred from Algeria and led to the infection/colonisation of five additional patients. Concurrently, another imported case from Algeria was identified. The seven isolates were genetically indistinguishable, belonging to ST85. The bla<SUB>NDM-1</SUB> carbapenemase gene was part of the chromosomally located composite transposon Tn125. This report underscores the growing concern about the spread of NDM-1-producing A. baumannii in Europe.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 18, Issue 31, 01 August 2013
Rapid communications
Outbreak of NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in France, January to May 2013
J W Decousser <SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP>, C Jansen<SUP>2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, P Nordmann<SUP>4</SUP><SUP>,5</SUP>, A Emirian<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP>, R A Bonnin<SUP>4</SUP>, L Anais<SUP>1</SUP>, J C Merle<SUP>6</SUP>, L Poirel<SUP>4</SUP><SUP>,5</SUP>
- Department of Virology, Bacteriology - Infection Control, Parasitology ?Mycology, Assistance Publique ? H?pitaux de Paris (AP-HP), University Hospital Henri Mondor, Cr?teil, France
- University Paris East Cr?teil (UPEC), Faculty of Medicine, Cr?teil, France
- Infection Control, Prevention and Epidemiology Unit, AP-HP, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Cr?teil, France
- INSERM U914 ?Emerging Antibiotic Resistance?, Le-Kremlin-Bic?tre, France
- Medical and Molecular Microbiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
- Department of Anaesthesiology, AP-HP, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Cr?teil, France
Citation style for this article: Decousser JW, Jansen C, Nordmann P, Emirian A, Bonnin RA, Anais L, Merle JC, Poirel L. Outbreak of NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in France, January to May 2013 . Euro Surveill. 2013;18(31):pii=20547. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20547
Date of submission: 23 July 2013
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We report the first outbreak of carbapenem-resistant NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Europe, in a French intensive-care unit in January to May 2013. The index patient was transferred from Algeria and led to the infection/colonisation of five additional patients. Concurrently, another imported case from Algeria was identified. The seven isolates were genetically indistinguishable, belonging to ST85. The bla<SUB>NDM-1</SUB> carbapenemase gene was part of the chromosomally located composite transposon Tn125. This report underscores the growing concern about the spread of NDM-1-producing A. baumannii in Europe.
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