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Clin Microbiol Infect
; 18(2): E34-6, 2012 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22192275
ABSTRACT
Screening 155 carbapenem non-susceptible Acinetobacter baumannii strains recovered in Abu Dhabi hospitals identified two metallo-ß-lactamase bla(NDM) gene-carrying isolates. They were isolated 4 months apart from the urine of a cancer patient previously treated in Egypt, Lebanon and in the United Arab Emirates. They were clonally related and carried the bla(NDM-2) gene recently identified in A. baumannii in Egypt and Israel. Sequences surrounding the bla(NDM-2) gene showed significant similarities with those associated with bla(NDM-1) in Enterobacteriaceae and A. baumannii. Repeated isolation of bla(NDM-2)-positive A. baumannii in the Middle East raises the possibility of the local emergence and spread of a unique clone.