Clonal transmission of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii harbouring blaOXA-24-like and blaOXA-23-like genes in a tertiary hospital in Albania

• Silva Tafaj,
• Tomislav Kostyanev,
• Basil B. Xavier,
• Ad C. Fluit,
• Célia F. Rodrigues,
• Christine Lammens,
• Damiana Osmalli,
• Lul Raka,
• Herman Goossens,
• Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar,
• Marc J.M. Bonten

Affiliations

Silva Tafaj

Corresponding author.; Microbiology Department, University Hospital “Shefqet Ndroqi”, Tirana, Albania

Tomislav Kostyanev

Department of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Basil B. Xavier

Department of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Ad C. Fluit

Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Célia F. Rodrigues

LEPABE—Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal

Christine Lammens

Department of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Damiana Osmalli

Institute of Public Health, Tirana, Albania

Lul Raka

University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina” and National Institute of Public Health of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo

Herman Goossens

Department of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar

Department of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Marc J.M. Bonten

Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands