Whole-Genome Sequencing Elucidates Epidemiology of Nosocomial Clusters of Acinetobacter baumannii.
Stefanie WillemsStefanie KampmeierStefan BletzAnnelene KossowRobin KöckFrank KippAlexander MellmannPublished in: Journal of clinical microbiology (2016)
We characterized two epidemiologically similar Acinetobacter baumannii clusters from two separate intensive care units (ICU) using core genome multilocus sequence typing. Clonal spread was confirmed in ICU-1 (12 of 14 isolates shared genotypes); in ICU-2, all genotypes (13 isolates) were diverse, thus excluding transmissions and enabling adequate infection control measures.
Keyphrases
- acinetobacter baumannii
- intensive care unit
- multidrug resistant
- drug resistant
- mechanical ventilation
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- genetic diversity
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- cystic fibrosis
- risk factors
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- genome wide
- escherichia coli
- dna methylation
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus