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Emergence of Carbapenem Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii Recovered From Blood Cultures in Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Anton Y. Peleg ,
Clare Franklin ,
Jan M. Bell  and
Denis W. Spelman
Anton Y. Peleg*
Affiliation:
Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Clare Franklin
Affiliation:
Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Jan M. Bell
Affiliation:
Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
Denis W. Spelman
Affiliation:
Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
*
Infectious Diseases Unit, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Prahran, 3181, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (antonpeleg@iprimus.com.au)
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Abstract

We describe the first emergence of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Australia. Ninety A. baumannii isolates recovered from cultures of blood specimens from 69 patients were analyzed. Overall, 58 isolates (64%) were resistant to meropenem. The χ2 test for linear trend revealed that emergence of carbapenem resistance was statistically significant during the 32-month study period. Selected isolates were of the same clonal type, and no genes encoding carbapenemases were identified.

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 7 , July 2006 , pp. 759 - 761
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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