- Spread in an Italian hospital of a clonal Acinetobacter baumannii strain producing the TEM-92 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase.
Spread in an Italian hospital of a clonal Acinetobacter baumannii strain producing the TEM-92 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (2007-04-04)
Andrea Endimiani, Francesco Luzzaro, Roberta Migliavacca, Elisabetta Mantengoli, Andrea M Hujer, Kristine M Hujer, Laura Pagani, Robert A Bonomo, Gian Maria Rossolini, Antonio Toniolo
PMID17404005
ABSTRACT
Clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii (n = 470) were collected during a 7-year period and investigated for the genetic determinants of resistance to expanded-spectrum beta-lactams. Thirty-one isolates produced the TEM-92 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) and were clonally related. This is the first report of A. baumannii producing a TEM-type ESBL.