Artigo Publicado em Periódico
Longitudinal surveillance for meningitis by Acinetobacter in a large urban setting in Brazil
Fecha
2013Registro en:
1198-743X
v. 19, n. 5
Autor
Coelho-Souza, T.
Reis, J. N.
Martins, N.
Martins, I. S.
Menezes, A. O.
Reis, M. G.
Silva, N. O.
Dias, R. C. S.
Riley, L. W.
Moreira, B. M.
Coelho-Souza, T.
Reis, J. N.
Martins, N.
Martins, I. S.
Menezes, A. O.
Reis, M. G.
Silva, N. O.
Dias, R. C. S.
Riley, L. W.
Moreira, B. M.
Institución
Resumen
The study aim was to describe the emergence of carbapenem
resistance and clonal complexes (CC), defined by multilocus
sequence typing (MLST), in Acinetobacter baumannii in a surveillance
system for meningitis. Starting in 1996 in an urban setting of
Brazil, surveillance detected meningitis by Acinetobacter sp for the
first time in 2002. Up to 2008, 35 isolates were saved.
Carbapenem resistance emerged in 2006, reaching 70% of
A. baumannii isolates in 2008, including one that was colistin
resistant. A. baumannii belonged to CC113/79 (University of
Oxford/Institute Pasteur schemes), CC235/162 and CC103/15.
Dissemination of infections resistant to all antimicrobial agents
may occur in the future.