Characterization of Genetic Diversity of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Strains Collected from 2004 to 2007

Abstract

Genotypes of carbapenem-resistant

Lytic Myophage Abp53 Encodes Several Proteins Similar to Those Encoded by Host Acinetobacter baumannii and Phage phiKO2

“…Previous reports indicate that isolates of A. baumannii are often diverse in genotype (4,36,55). In the host range tests for A. baumannii phage Abp53 isolated in this study, 9 Taiwan isolates from different patients and ATCC strain 19606 were found to be susceptible to Abp53 (see below).…”

Characterization of Carbapenem Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii causing Ventilator associated Pneumonia in ICUs of Zagazig University Hospitals, Egypt

“…Moreoverbla OXA-24 -like gene was detected with variable rates inmany countries as Saudi Arabia from 4-45% (Al agamy, 2014, Al Arfaj, 2011, Poland (Nowak et al, 2012), Spain (Villalon,3013) and in United states (Qi et al, 2007). This study had some limitation as a relatively small number of A. baumannii that was due to low numbers of VAP cases in comparison to other types of pneumonia admitted in our hospitals during the period of study.…”

Comparison of Acinetobacter baumannii multidrugs resistant Isolates obtained from French and Tunisian hospitals

“…They showed multiple epidemic strains that persisted two years in some cases in the two hospitals study. The analysis of the molecular epidemiology and multidrug resistance of A. baumanni strains in the various parts of the world indicates a considerable degree of geographic diversity in the spread of various strains [23,24,25,26]. It's also demonstrated by multiple studies in Tunisia [20,21,27] and in France [28,29,30] that the multiresistance is common among A.baumannii giving nosocomial epidemics which were difficult to treat.…”