First report of OXA-23-mediated carbapenem resistance in sequence type 2 multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii associated with urinary tract infection in a cat

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014;58(2):1267-8. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02527-13. Epub 2013 Dec 2.

Authors

Constança Pomba¹, Andrea Endimiani, Alexandra Rossano, Dolores Saial, Natacha Couto, Vincent Perreten

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Antimicrobial and Biocide Resistance, CIISA, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa (FMV-UL), Lisbon, Portugal.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology
Acinetobacter Infections / veterinary*
Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects
Acinetobacter baumannii / genetics*
Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Carbapenems / pharmacology
Cat Diseases*
Cats
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics*
Gene Expression
Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology
Urinary Tract Infections / veterinary*
beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Carbapenems
beta-lactamase OXA-23
beta-Lactamases