Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03928.x
Dissemination of NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Europe
Abstract:
Multidrug-resistant and NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii are increasingly reported. A collection of five NDM-1-positive A. baumannii isolates recovered in four European countries were analyzed.
Genotyping was performed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, multiplex PCR sequence typing, Diversilab and multi locus sequence typing.
Three distinct sequence types were identified. All isolates harbored a chromosomally-located blaNDM-1 gene within a Tn125-like transposon. One isolate co-expressed another unrelated carbapenemase OXA-23. This report constitutes the first epidemiological study of NDM-1-producing A. baumannii from four countries.
Wiley
thanks to Dave Roberts
Dissemination of NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Europe
Abstract:
Multidrug-resistant and NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii are increasingly reported. A collection of five NDM-1-positive A. baumannii isolates recovered in four European countries were analyzed.
Genotyping was performed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, multiplex PCR sequence typing, Diversilab and multi locus sequence typing.
Three distinct sequence types were identified. All isolates harbored a chromosomally-located blaNDM-1 gene within a Tn125-like transposon. One isolate co-expressed another unrelated carbapenemase OXA-23. This report constitutes the first epidemiological study of NDM-1-producing A. baumannii from four countries.
Wiley
thanks to Dave Roberts