Emergence of NDM-1 and OXA-72 producing Acinetobacter pittii clinical isolates in Lebanon

A. Al Atrouni; M.-L. Joly-Guillou; M. Hamze; M. Kempf

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2016.04.005

New Microbes and New Infections (Jul 2016)

Emergence of NDM-1 and OXA-72 producing Acinetobacter pittii clinical isolates in Lebanon

A. Al Atrouni,
M.-L. Joly-Guillou,
M. Hamze,
M. Kempf

Affiliations

A. Al Atrouni: Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Ecole Doctorale des Sciences et de Technologie et Faculté de Santé Publique, Université Libanaise, Tripoli, Liban
M.-L. Joly-Guillou: ATOMycA, Inserm Atip-Avenir Team, CRCNA, Inserm U892, 6299 CNRS, University of Angers, France
M. Hamze: Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Ecole Doctorale des Sciences et de Technologie et Faculté de Santé Publique, Université Libanaise, Tripoli, Liban
M. Kempf: ATOMycA, Inserm Atip-Avenir Team, CRCNA, Inserm U892, 6299 CNRS, University of Angers, France

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2016.04.005
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. C
pp. 43 – 44

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Acinetobacter spp. have emerged as global opportunistic pathogen causing a wide range of infections. Emergence of carbapenem resistance in these organisms is a matter of great concern. We report here the first detection of Acinetobacter pittii clinical isolates in Lebanon carrying either the blaNDM-1 or the blaOXA-72 gene.

Published in New Microbes and New Infections

ISSN: 2052-2975 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/new-microbes-and-new-infections/

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