Nosocomial outbreak of a multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii expressing OXA-23 carbapenemase in Spain

Merino Carballeira, María; Poza, Margarita; Roca, Ignasi; Barba, María José; Sousa, María Dolores; Vila Estapé, Jordi; Bou, Germán

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Nosocomial outbreak of a multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii expressing OXA-23 carbapenemase in Spain

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URI: https://hdl.handle.net/2183/45752

DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2013.0127

Publication date

2014-07-29

Authors

Merino Carballeira, María

Poza, Margarita

Roca, Ignasi

Barba, María José

Sousa, María Dolores

Vila Estapé, Jordi

Bou, Germán

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Merino M, Poza M, Roca I, Barba MJ, Sousa MD, Vila J, Bou G. Nosocomial outbreak of a multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii expressing OXA-23 carbapenemase in Spain. Microb Drug Resist. 2014 Aug;20(4):259-63.

Abstract

Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates were obtained from 50 patients between July 2011 and July 2012 at the University Hospital A Coruña (NW Spain). These multidrug-resistant isolates, which belonged to a single clone, remained only susceptible to tigecycline, minocycline, and colistin and produced the carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinase, OXA-23. This is the first reported outbreak of OXA-23-producing A. baumannii isolates in Spain.