First report of Oxa-72-producing Acinetobacter calcoaceticus in Lebanon

A Al Atrouni; M Kempf; M Eveillard; R Rafei; M Hamze; M-L Joly-Guillou

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2015.11.010

First report of Oxa-72-producing Acinetobacter calcoaceticus in Lebanon

New Microbes New Infect. 2015 Nov 23:9:11-2. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2015.11.010. eCollection 2016 Jan.

Authors

A Al Atrouni¹, M Kempf², M Eveillard², R Rafei³, M Hamze³, M-L Joly-Guillou²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Centre AZM pour la recherche en Biotechnologie et ses applications, Ecole Doctorale des Sciences et de Technologie, Université Libanaise, Tripoli, Lebanon; ATOMycA, Inserm Atip-Avenir Team, CRCNA, Inserm U892, 6299 CNRS, University of Angers, Angers, France.
² ATOMycA, Inserm Atip-Avenir Team, CRCNA, Inserm U892, 6299 CNRS, University of Angers, Angers, France; Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France.
³ Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Centre AZM pour la recherche en Biotechnologie et ses applications, Ecole Doctorale des Sciences et de Technologie, Université Libanaise, Tripoli, Lebanon; Faculté de Santé Publique, Université Libanaise, Tripoli, Lebanon.

Abstract

Emergence of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. has been increasingly reported worldwide. We report here the first detection of an Acinetobacter calcoaceticus isolate from vegetables in Lebanon carrying the bla Oxa-72 gene. These findings show that the Lebanese environment may constitute a potential reservoir for this antibiotic resistance gene.

Keywords: Acinetobacter calcoaceticus; Lebanon; blaOxa-72; carbapenem resistance; vegetables.