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Molecular Typing and Resistance Profile of Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from the 'EPIRADIOCLINF' Project

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العنوان: Molecular Typing and Resistance Profile of Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from the 'EPIRADIOCLINF' Project
المؤلفون: Antonella Agodi, Arturo Montineri, Rosa Manuele, Paola Noto, Giuseppe Carpinteri, Giacomo Castiglione, Patrizia Grassi, Antonio Lazzara, Anna Rita Mattaliano, Giuseppa Granvillano, Claudia La Mastra, Maria Clara La Rosa, Andrea Maugeri, Martina Barchitta
المصدر: Antibiotics, Vol 12, Iss 10, p 1551 (2023)
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG, 2023.
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: LCC:Therapeutics. Pharmacology
مصطلحات موضوعية: SARS-CoV-2, healthcare-associated infection, AMR, clonal relationships, Therapeutics. Pharmacology, RM1-950
الوصف: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a shift in focus towards controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2, which has resulted in the neglect of traditional programs aimed at preventing healthcare-associated infections and combating antimicrobial resistance. The present work aims to characterize the colonization or infection with Acinetobacter baumannii of COVID-19 patients and to identify any clonality between different isolates. Specifically, data and resistance profiles of A. baumannii isolates were prospectively collected from patients recruited by the EPIRADIOCLINF project. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) were used for molecular typing. Overall, we analyzed 64 isolates of A. baumannii from 48 COVID-19 patients. According to our analysis, we have identified the spread of a clonally related isolate, referred to as B. The PFGE pattern B includes four subtypes: B1 (consisting of 37 strains), B2 (11), B3 (5), and B4 (2). Furthermore, in the isolates that were examined using MLST, the most observed sequence type was ST/281. In terms of resistance profiles, 59 out of the total isolates (92.2%) were found to be resistant to gentamicin, carbapenems, ciprofloxacin, and tobramycin. The isolation and identification of A. baumannii from COVID-19 patients, along with the high levels of transmission observed within the hospital setting, highlight the urgent need for the implementation of effective prevention and containment strategies.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2079-6382
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/12/10/1551; https://doaj.org/toc/2079-6382
DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12101551
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/b78ac44b41a044c0984d730528ddbd06
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.b78ac44b41a044c0984d730528ddbd06
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:20796382
DOI:10.3390/antibiotics12101551