Abstract
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.
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.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 4189-4192 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
Keywords
- Acinetobacter
- carbapenemase
- antibiotic resistance
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