First case of bacteraemia due to Acinetobacter schindleri harbouring blaNDM-1 in an immunocompromised patient

S Montaña; S Palombarani; M Carulla; A Kunst; C H Rodriguez; M Nastro; C Vay; M S Ramirez; M Almuzara

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2017.10.004

First case of bacteraemia due to Acinetobacter schindleri harbouring bla_NDM-1 in an immunocompromised patient

New Microbes New Infect. 2017 Oct 16:21:28-30. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2017.10.004. eCollection 2018 Jan.

Authors

S Montaña¹, S Palombarani², M Carulla², A Kunst³, C H Rodriguez⁴, M Nastro⁴, C Vay⁴, M S Ramirez⁵, M Almuzara^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Instituto de Microbiología y Parasitología Médica (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
² Laboratorio de Bacteriologia, Argentina.
³ Servicio de Infectología, Hospital Interzonal de Agudos Eva Perón, San Martín, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁴ Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Laboratorio de Bacteriología, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Hospital de Cínicas José de San Martín, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁵ Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, USA.

Abstract

Clinically significant NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter schindleri has not yet been described in the literature. We report the first case of bacteraemia due to an A. schindleri strain harbouring bla_NDM-1 recovered from an immunocompromised patient. Our report reinforces the fact that NDM-1 can easily be acquired by Acinetobacter species.

Keywords: Acinetobacter schindleri; bacteraemia; blaNDM-1; clinically significant isolate; immunocompromised patient.

Publication types

Case Reports