Characterisation of ST25 NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter spp. strains leading the increase in NDM-1 emergence in Argentina

• Deja Rodgers,
• Fernando Pasteran,
• Manuel Calderon,
• Sara Jaber,
• German M. Traglia,
• Ezequiel Albornoz,
• Alejandra Corso,
• Alejandro J. Vila,
• Robert A. Bonomo,
• Mark D. Adams,
• María Soledad Ramírez

Affiliations

Deja Rodgers

Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, USA

Fernando Pasteran

National/Regional Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance (NRL), Servicio Antimicrobianos, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas, ANLIS ‘Dr Carlos G. Malbrán’, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Manuel Calderon

Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, USA

Sara Jaber

Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, USA

German M. Traglia

Departamento de Desarrollo Biotecnología, Instituto de Higiene, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La República, Montevideo, Uruguay

Ezequiel Albornoz

National/Regional Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance (NRL), Servicio Antimicrobianos, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas, ANLIS ‘Dr Carlos G. Malbrán’, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Alejandra Corso

National/Regional Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance (NRL), Servicio Antimicrobianos, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas, ANLIS ‘Dr Carlos G. Malbrán’, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Alejandro J. Vila

Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR, CONICET-UNR), Rosario, Argentina; Área Biofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina

Robert A. Bonomo

Research Service and GRECC, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Mark D. Adams

The Jackson Laboratory, Farmington, Connecticut, USA

María Soledad Ramírez

Corresponding author at: Dept. of Biological Science, California State UniversityFullerton, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, CA, 92831, USA.; Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, USA