NDM-2 carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in the United Arab Emirates

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Screening 155 carbapenem non-susceptible Acinetobacter baumannii strains recovered in Abu Dhabi hospitals identified two metallo-ß-lactamase blaNDM gene-carrying isolates. They were isolated 4months apart from the urine of a cancer patient previously treated in Egypt, Lebanon and in the United Arab Emirates. They were clonally related and carried the blaNDM-2 gene recently identified in A. baumannii in Egypt and Israel. Sequences surrounding the blaNDM-2 gene showed significant similarities with those associated with blaNDM-1 in Enterobacteriaceae and A. baumannii. Repeated isolation of blaNDM-2-positive A. baumannii in the Middle East raises the possibility of the local emergence and spread of a unique clone. © 2011 The Authors. Clinical Microbiology and Infection © 2011 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

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Ghazawi, A., Sonnevend, Á., Bonnin, R. A., Poirel, L., Nordmann, P., Hashmey, R., … Pál, T. (2012). NDM-2 carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in the United Arab Emirates. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 18(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03726.x

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