Emergence of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter pittii carrying the bla(OXA-72) gene in the Amazon region, Brazil

Autor(es)

Brasiliense, Danielle Murici ^[1] ; Batista Lima, Karla Valeria ^[1] ; Perez-Chaparro, Paula Juliana ^[2] ; Mamizuka, Elsa Masae ^[2] ; Souza, Cintya de Oliveira ^[1] ; Guimaraes Dutra, Livia Maria ^[1] ; McCulloch, John Anthony ^{[3, 2]}

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Inst Evandro Chagas, Secao Bacteriol & Micol, Lab Biol Mol, Ananindeua, PA - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Farm, Dept Anal Clin & Toxicol, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[3] NCI, Trinchieri Lab, Canc & Inflammat Program, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 - USA

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE; v. 93, n. 1, p. 82-84, JAN 2019.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

We sought to characterize the genetic context of bla(OXA-72) gene in a carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter pittii strain recovered from a hospitalized patient from Belem, North Brazil, in the Amazon region. We found that the bla(OXA-72) gene was carried by a small plasmid, pIEC338SCox, that is 10,498 bp. The gene is flanked by XerC/XerD-like recombinase sites, which suggests that this gene was acquired onto this plasmid by recombination. (C) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 13/12107-4 - Estudo da resistência heterogênea à vancomicina em Staphylococcus aureus através da genética comparativa de subpopulações de um isolado
• Beneficiário: John Anthony McCulloch
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado