Outbreak of NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in France, January to May 2013
- Decousser, J W University Paris East Créteil (UPEC), Faculty of Medicine, Créteil, France
- Jansen, C Infection Control, Prevention and Epidemiology Unit, AP-HP, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
- Nordmann, P INSERM U914 ‘Emerging Antibiotic Resistance’, Le-Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- Emirian, A Department of Virology, Bacteriology - Infection Control, Parasitology –Mycology, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), University Hospital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
- Bonnin, R A INSERM U914 ‘Emerging Antibiotic Resistance’, Le-Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- Anais, L Department of Virology, Bacteriology - Infection Control, Parasitology –Mycology, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), University Hospital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
- Merle, J C Department of Anaesthesiology, AP-HP, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
- Poirel, L INSERM U914 ‘Emerging Antibiotic Resistance’, Le-Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Eurosurveillance. - European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC). - 2013, vol. 18, no. 31
English
We report the first outbreak of carbapenem-resistant NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Europe, in a French intensive-care unit in January to May 2013. The index patient was transferred from Algeria and led to the infection/colonisation of five additional patients. Concurrently, another imported case from Algeria was identified. The seven isolates were genetically indistinguishable, belonging to ST85. The blaNDM-1 carbapenemase gene was part of the chromosomally located composite transposon Tn125. This report underscores the growing concern about the spread of NDM-1-producing A. baumannii in Europe.
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- DOI 10.2807/1560-7917.es2013.18.31.20547
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