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Early dissemination of OXA-72-producing Acinetobacter baumannii strain in Colombia: a case report
Fecha
2014-12-01Registro en:
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, v. 18, n. 6, p. 678-680, 2014.
1413-8670
S1413-86702014000600678.pdf
S1413-86702014000600678
10.1016/j.bjid.2014.05.017
WOS:000346072500016
Autor
Saavedra, Sandra Yamile
Cayô, Rodrigo
Gales, Ana Cristina
Leal, Aura Lucia
Saavedra, Carlos Humberto
Institución
Resumen
Nosocomial infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates have reached epidemic levels in past decades. Currently this microorganism is responsible for outbreaks of difficult eradication and with high mortality rates worldwide. We herein report a rare case of an OXA-72-producing A. baumannii isolate colonizing a 47-year-old male patient with peritonitis due to abdominal stab wound, four years earlier than the first report of this carbapenemase in Acinetobacter pittii in Colombia. Although OXA-72 presents a low prevalence compared with OXA-23, our study demonstrated that A. baumannii isolates carrying the blaOXA-72 gene were present in the hospital environment in Colombia and could act as a reservoir for further spread to other Acinetobacter species, like A. pittii, causing carbapenem-resistance.