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ArticleBMC microbiology2023

Occurrence of Acinetobacter baumannii genomic resistance islands (AbGRIs) in Acinetobacter baumannii strains belonging to global clone 2 obtained from COVID-19 patients.

Ghazal Naderi, Mahla Asadian, Pegah Afarinesh Khaki, Mohammadreza Salehi, Alireza Abdollahi, Masoumeh Douraghi

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Ghazal NaderiDivision of Microbiology, Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mahla AsadianDivision of Microbiology, Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Pegah Afarinesh KhakiCentral Laboratory, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammadreza SalehiResearch Center for Antibiotic Stewardship and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of infectious diseases, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Alireza AbdollahiDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. dr_p_abdollahi@yahoo.com.
Masoumeh DouraghiDivision of Microbiology, Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. mdouraghi@tums.ac.ir.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRImam Khomeini Hospital · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThe Acinetobacter baumannii genomic resistance islands (AbGRIs), which were characterized in the genome of the global clone 2 (GC2) A. baumannii contain resistance genes. Here, we aimed to determine the occurrence of AbGRIs in GC2 A. baumannii obtained from COVID-19 patients in a referral hospital in Tehran, Iran.

methodsA total of 19 carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii (CRAB) isolates belonging to GC2 and sequence type 2 (ST2), including 17 from COVID-19 patients and two from the devices used in the ICU that the COVID-19 patients were admitted, were examined in this study. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed by the disk diffusion method. PCR and PCR mapping, followed by sequencing, were performed to characterize the structure of AbGRI resistance islands in the isolates tested.

resultsThe AbGRI3 was the most frequent resistance island (RI) detected, present in all the 19 isolates, followed by AbGRI1 (15 isolates; 78.9%) and AbGRI2 (three isolates; 15.8%). Notably, AbGRIs were identified in one of the A. baumannii strains, which was isolated from a medical device used in the ICU where COVID-19 patients were admitted. Furthermore, new structures of AbGRI1 and AbGRI3 resistance islands were found in this study, which was the first report of these structures.

conclusionsThe present study provided evidence for the circulation of the GC2 A. baumannii strains harboring AbGRI resistance islands in a referral hospital in Tehran, Iran. It was found that resistance to several classes of antibiotics in the isolates collected from COVID-19 patients is associated with the resistance genes located within AbGRIs.

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Acinetobacter baumanniiCOVID-19Anti-Bacterial AgentsGenomicsHumansIranAnti-Bacterial AgentsCarbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB)COVID-19Global clone 2

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