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- Title
Genomic Surveillance Uncovers a 10-Year Persistence of an OXA-24/40 Acinetobacter baumannii Clone in a Tertiary Hospital in Northern Spain.
- Authors
Aranzamendi, Maitane; Xanthopoulou, Kyriaki; Sánchez-Urtaza, Sandra; Burgwinkel, Tessa; Arazo del Pino, Rocío; Lucaßen, Kai; Pérez-Vázquez, M.; Oteo-Iglesias, Jesús; Sota, Mercedes; Marimón, Jose María; Seifert, Harald; Higgins, Paul G.; Gallego, Lucía
- Abstract
Infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii are a global threat causing a high number of fatal infections. This microorganism can also easily acquire antibiotic resistance determinants, making the treatment of infections a big challenge, and has the ability to persist in the hospital environment under a wide range of conditions. The objective of this work was to study the molecular epidemiology and genetic characteristics of two blaOXA24/40 Acinetobacter baumannii outbreaks (2009 and 2020-21) at a tertiary hospital in Northern Spain. Thirty-six isolates were investigated and genotypically screened by Whole Genome Sequencing to analyse the resistome and virulome. Isolates were resistant to carbapenems, aminoglycosides and fluoroquinolones. Multi-Locus Sequence Typing analysis identified that Outbreak 1 was mainly produced by isolates belonging to ST3Pas/ST106Oxf (IC3) containing blaOXA24/40, blaOXA71 and blaADC119. Outbreak 2 isolates were exclusively ST2Pas/ST801Oxf (IC2) blaOXA24/40, blaOXA66 and blaADC30, the same genotype seen in two isolates from 2009. Virulome analysis showed that IC2 isolates contained genes for capsular polysaccharide KL32 and lipooligosacharide OCL5. A 8.9 Kb plasmid encoding the blaOXA24/40 gene was common in all isolates. The persistance over time of a virulent IC2 clone highlights the need of active surveillance to control its spread.
- Subjects
SPAIN; ACINETOBACTER baumannii; MOLECULAR cloning; GENETIC epidemiology; WHOLE genome sequencing; CARBAPENEM-resistant bacteria; SEQUENCE analysis
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024, Vol 25, Issue 4, p2333
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms25042333