We report a predominance (64.7%) of polyclonal carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) strains concurrently producing OXA-23 and OXA-58 carbapenemases in a pediatric intensive care unit in an endemic area. This is the first report of emergence of such double-OXA CRAB strains in a single unit worldwide.
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Karampatakis, T., Tsergouli, K., Politi, L., Diamantopoulou, G., Iosifidis, E., Antachopoulos, C., … Roilides, E. (2019). Polyclonal predominance of concurrently producing OXA-23 and OXA-58 carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains in a pediatric intensive care unit. Molecular Biology Reports, 46(3), 3497–3500. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-019-04744-4
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