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ArticleEpidemiology and infection2016

Widespread dispersion of the resistance element tet(B)::ISCR2 in XDR Acinetobacter baumannii isolates.

E Vilacoba, M Almuzara, L Gulone, G M Traglia, S Montaña, H Rodríguez, F Pasteran, M Pennini, A Sucari, N Gómez and 3 more

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Article in Epidemiology and infection, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

E VilacobaInstituto de Microbiología y Parasitología Médica (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET),Facultad de Medicina,Universidad de Buenos Aires,Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-3528-6497
M AlmuzaraLaboratorio de Bacteriología, Hospital Interzonal de Agudos Eva Peron,San Martin,Buenos Aires,Argentina.
L GuloneInstituto de Microbiología y Parasitología Médica (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET),Facultad de Medicina,Universidad de Buenos Aires,Argentina.
G M TragliaInstituto de Microbiología y Parasitología Médica (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET),Facultad de Medicina,Universidad de Buenos Aires,Argentina.
S MontañaInstituto de Microbiología y Parasitología Médica (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET),Facultad de Medicina,Universidad de Buenos Aires,Argentina.
H RodríguezLaboratorio de Bacteriología del Hospital de Clínicas,Buenos Aires,Argentina.
F PasteranServicio Antimicrobianos,INEI-ANLIS 'Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán',Buenos Aires,Argentina.
M PenniniUnidad Microbiología,Stamboulian,Buenos Aires,Argentina.
A SucariUnidad Microbiología,Stamboulian,Buenos Aires,Argentina.
N GómezHospital General de Agudos 'Dr. Cosme Argerich',Buenos Aires,Argentina.
A FernándezLaboratorio de Microbiología,Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro,Buenos Aires,Argentina.
D CentrónInstituto de Microbiología y Parasitología Médica (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET),Facultad de Medicina,Universidad de Buenos Aires,Argentina.
M S RamírezInstituto de Microbiología y Parasitología Médica (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET),Facultad de Medicina,Universidad de Buenos Aires,Argentina.
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · ARHospital de Clínicas "José de San Martín" · ARNational University of the Arts · ARAdministración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud · ARArgerich Hospital · ARCalifornia State University, Fullerton · USFundacion Favaloro Hospital Universitario · AR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acinetobacter baumannii is a significant nosocomial pathogen often associated with extreme drug resistance (XDR). In Argentina, isolates of A. baumannii resistant to tetracyclines have accounted for more than 40% of drug-resistant isolates in some hospitals. We have previously reported the dispersion of the tet(B) resistance element associated with the ISCR2 transposase in epidemiologically unrelated A. baumannii isolates recovered from 1983 to 2011. This study extends this surveillance to 77 recent (2009-2013) XDR A. baumannii isolates with different levels of minocycline susceptibility. Isolates were examined by a pan-PCR assay, which showed six different amplification patterns, and specific PCRs were used for the confirmation of the the ΔISCR2-tet(B)-tet(R)-ISCR2 element. The tet(B) gene was present in 66 isolates and the ISCR2 element in 68 isolates; the tet(B) gene was associated with ISCR2 in all tet(B)-positive isolates. We conclude that this element is widespread in XDR A. baumannii isolates from Argentina and could be responsible for the emergence of tetracycline resistance in recent years.

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Acinetobacter baumanniiAcinetobacter InfectionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsArgentinaBacterial ProteinsHospitalsHumansMinocyclinePolymerase Chain ReactionSequence Analysis, DNATetracycline ResistanceAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsMinocyclineAntibiotic resistancegeneticsmicrobiology

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PMID26584648
PMCPMC9150567
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