Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak at university hospital / Caracterização de cepas de Acinetobacter baumannii durante um surto de infecção hospitalar
Braz. j. microbiol
;
40(2): 339-341, Apr.-June 2009. tab
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in English
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| ID: lil-520220
ABSTRACT
Nineteen clonally related imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates were recovered from eight intensive care unit patients. All isolates harboured blaOXA-51-like â-lactamase genes and showed the absence of 22 kDa fraction in outer membrane porin profile analysis. It suggests a combination of two mechanisms as responsible for carbapenemresistant phenotypes.
RESUMO
Foram isoladas 19 cepas monoclonais de 8 pacientes da unidade de terapia intensiva, resistentes aos carbapenêmicos. Todas as cepas apresentaram o gene blaOXA-51-like e por análise do perfil de proteínas de membrana notou-se ausência da fração de 22 kDa, sugerindo a combinação de dois mecanismos de resistência aos carbapenêmicos.
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
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Acinetobacter
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Acinetobacter Infections
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Drug Resistance, Microbial
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Carbapenems
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Cross Infection
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Genes, Bacterial
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. microbiol
Journal subject:
Microbiology
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade de São Paulo/BR
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