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Evolution and transmission of cefiderocol-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii during an outbreak in the burn intensive care unit.

Steven M SmokeAlison BrophySamuel ReveronAlina IovlevaEllen G KlineMichael MaranoLincoln P MillerRyan K Shields
Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
We report 11 critically-ill burn patients treated with cefiderocol for carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections. Clinical success was achieved in 36% and complicated by treatment-emergent resistance and inter-patient transmission of cefiderocol-resistant A. baumannii between patients. Resistant isolates harbored disrupted pirA and piuA genes that were not disrupted among susceptible isolates.
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