Early dissemination of OXA-72-producing Acinetobacter baumannii strain in Colombia: a case report
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2014-12-01
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Cayô, Rodrigo 
Gales, Ana Cristina
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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.
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Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, v. 18, n. 6, p. 678-680, 2014.