Dissemination of Acinetobacter nosocomialis clone among critically ill patients and the environment

J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Aug;51(8):2707-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00915-13. Epub 2013 May 22.

Abstract

We examined the environmental dissemination of Acinetobacter nosocomialis multilocus sequence typing clonal complex 260/71 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, including water from a dam and food samples. The increasing use of sequence based methods has demonstrated a large, previously unpredicted, dissemination of bacteria that may serve as opportunistic pathogens.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter / classification
  • Acinetobacter / genetics
  • Acinetobacter / isolation & purification*
  • Acinetobacter Infections / epidemiology
  • Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology*
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Critical Illness*
  • Food Microbiology*
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing
  • Water Microbiology*