Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2011)

Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Harboring OXA-24 Carbapenemase, Spain

  • Joshi Acosta,
  • María Merino,
  • Esther Viedma,
  • Margarita Poza,
  • Francisca Sanz,
  • Joaquín R. Otero,
  • Fernando Chaves,
  • Germán Bou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1706.091866
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 6
pp. 1064 – 1067

Abstract

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In February 2006, a patient colonized with a multidrug-resistant sequence type 56 Acinetobacter baumannii strain was admitted to a hospital in Madrid, Spain. This strain spread rapidly and caused a large outbreak in the hospital. Clinicians should be alert for this strain because its spread would have serious health consequences.

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