Carbapenemases in Acinetobacter baumannii: Review of their dissemination in Latin America
Carbapenemases in Acinetobacter baumannii: Review of their dissemination in Latin America
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10.1016/j.ram.2017.10.006
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2018-09-01
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Famiglietti, Angela
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Rodríguez, Carlos Hernán;Nastro, Marcela;Famiglietti, Angela
Carbapenem resistance in gram-negative bacteria by production of carbapenemases is one of the most challenging issues regarding healthcare worldwide. We review the epidemiology and prevalence of carbapenemases in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from Latin American countries. High resistance rates to antimicrobial agents, particularly to carbapenems, are observed in this region. OXA-23 is the most widely disseminated class D-carbapenemase; it is present in all the countries of the region and is frequently associated to endemic clones CC113/CC79, CC104/CC15, CC110/ST25 and CC109/CC1. The emergence of OXA-72 and NDM-1 represents a novel finding which is observed simultaneously and without clonal relatedness in different countries, some of which are distant from one another, whereas OXA-143 is only present in Brazil. Further collaborative intraregional studies would provide a better understanding of these issues in most of the countries and thus, policies to control the spread of these isolates could be implemented. (C) 2017 Asociacion Argentina de Microbiologia. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U.