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American Society for Microbiology, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1(61), 2017

DOI: 10.1128/aac.01309-16

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High Frequency of OXA-253-Producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Different Hospitals in Recife, Brazil

Journal article published in 2016 by Felipe Lira de Sá Cavalcanti ORCID, Carina Lucena Mendes-Marques, Crhisllane Rafaele dos Santos Vasconcelos, Túlio de Lima Campos, Antonio Mauro Rezende ORCID, Danilo Elias Xavier ORCID, Nilma Cintra Leal, Osvaldo Pompilio de-Melo-Neto, Marcia Maria Camargo de Morais, Tereza Cristina Leal-Balbino
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Abstract

ABSTRACT Here, we report the isolation of 31 Acinetobacter baumannii strains producing OXA-253 in a single large Brazilian city. These strains belonged to five different sequence types (STs), including 4 STs not previously associated with bla OXA-253 . In all strains, the bla OXA-253 gene was located in a plasmid within a genetic environment similar to what was found previously in Brazil and Italy. The reported data emphasize the successful transmission of the bla OXA-253 gene through a large area and the tendency for this resistance determinant to remain in the A. baumannii population.