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[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
A Liakopoulos<SUP>1</SUP>, V Miriagou<SUP>2</SUP>, E A Katsifas<SUP>3</SUP>, A D Karagouni<SUP>3</SUP>, G L Daikos<SUP>4</SUP>, L S Tzouvelekis<SUP>5</SUP>, E Petinaki (
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Citation style for this article: Liakopoulos A, Miriagou V, Katsifas EA, Karagouni AD, Daikos GL, Tzouvelekis LS, Petinaki E. Identification of OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Greece, 2010 to 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(11)
ii=20117. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20117
Date of submission: 27 February 2012 <HR>We report on the sequence type and beta-lactamase content of 174 carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates recovered from clinical specimens during 2010 and 2011 in a tertiary care hospital in central Greece. Carbapenem resistance was associated mainly with carriage of the bla<SUB>OXA-23 </SUB>gene (in 72.4% of the isolates). To our knowledge, this is the first description of A. baumannii strains producing OXA-23 in Greece. During 2011, in our hospital they rapidly ?replaced? the previously predominant OXA-58-positive A. baumannii strains.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 11, 15 March 2012
Rapid communications
Identification of OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Greece, 2010 to 2011
Rapid communications
Identification of OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Greece, 2010 to 2011
A Liakopoulos<SUP>1</SUP>, V Miriagou<SUP>2</SUP>, E A Katsifas<SUP>3</SUP>, A D Karagouni<SUP>3</SUP>, G L Daikos<SUP>4</SUP>, L S Tzouvelekis<SUP>5</SUP>, E Petinaki (
- Department of Microbiology, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece
- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece
- Faculty of Biology, Department of Botany, Microbiology Group, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- 1st Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Citation style for this article: Liakopoulos A, Miriagou V, Katsifas EA, Karagouni AD, Daikos GL, Tzouvelekis LS, Petinaki E. Identification of OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Greece, 2010 to 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(11)
ii=20117. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20117 Date of submission: 27 February 2012 <HR>We report on the sequence type and beta-lactamase content of 174 carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates recovered from clinical specimens during 2010 and 2011 in a tertiary care hospital in central Greece. Carbapenem resistance was associated mainly with carriage of the bla<SUB>OXA-23 </SUB>gene (in 72.4% of the isolates). To our knowledge, this is the first description of A. baumannii strains producing OXA-23 in Greece. During 2011, in our hospital they rapidly ?replaced? the previously predominant OXA-58-positive A. baumannii strains.