Prevalence of OXA-type β-lactamases among Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from Northwest of Iran

Carbapenems have been considered as last line antibiotics for treatment of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii but carbapenem resistant A. baumannii has been increased during the last decade in many parts of the world. OXA-type β-lactamase enzymes are the most common cause of carbapenem resistance in A. baumannii and presence of ISAba1 in upstream of these genes may increase the expression of these OXA genes. The aim of this study was to determine, for the first time, the antibiotic resistance pattern and prevalence of OXA type β-lactamases among nosocomial A. baumannii isolates from northwest of Iran. A total of 100 A. baumannii isolates were recovered from hospitalized patients in a university hospital in northwest of Iran. Sixty-two percent of isolates were resistant to imipenem. All isolates carried bla(OXA-51)-like gene. Among imipenem resistant isolates, 88.7% carried bla(OXA-23)-like, 1.6% carried bla(OXA-40)-like, and 3.2% had bla(OXA-58)-like resistance genes. Ninety percent of isolates contained ISAba1 element and in 74.2% of imipenem resistant isolates, ISAba1 was located in upstream of bla(OXA-23)-like. The results of this study demonstrated high prevalence of OXA-type carbapenemase among MDR A. bumanii in the Northwest of Iran.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2012

Erschienen:

2012

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

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Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 18(2012), 4 vom: 02. Aug., Seite 385-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sohrabi, Nasrollah [VerfasserIn]
Farajnia, Safar [VerfasserIn]
Akhi, Mohammad Taghi [VerfasserIn]
Nahaei, Mohammad Reza [VerfasserIn]
Naghili, Behrooz [VerfasserIn]
Peymani, Amir [VerfasserIn]
Amiri, Zohreh [VerfasserIn]
Rezaee, Mohammad Ahangarzadeh [VerfasserIn]
Saeedi, Nazli [VerfasserIn]

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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Beta-Lactamases
Carbapenems
DNA Transposable Elements
EC 3.5.2.6
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 17.05.2013

Date Revised 25.07.2012

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1089/mdr.2011.0077

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NLM215593464