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Abd-Elsalam KA, Alghuthaymi MA, Andreeva DV, Armentano I, Bejenaru C, Bejenaru LE, Benfeito S, Boelter JF, Borges F, Brandelli A, Caplan DM, Caplan ME, Chifiriuc MC, Curutiu C, Czobor I, Deng X, Ditu LM, Duran N, El-Baz AF, El-Tras WF, Fernandes C, Florea DA, Fonseca A, Fortunati E, Garrido EM, Garrido J, Garrigós MC, Gheorghe I, Ghoora MD, Grumezescu AM, Hashim AF, Holban AM, Iordache F, Jaczynski J, Juárez N, Kailasa SK, Kenny JM, Kobayashi RK, Kollath A, Konur O, Lazar V, Leys C, Lopes NA, Luksiene Z, Mateescu L, Mehta VN, Meireles A, Mogoşanu GD, Nakazato G, Nikiforov AY, Oliveira C, Oporto GS, Padmanabh PR, Pathak J, Puglia D, Ramos M, Richa, Rodríguez-Hernández J, Said-Galiev E, Sakudo A, Seabra AB, Simões M, Singh V, Sinha RP, Sonker AS, Sorour NM, Srividya N, Tayel AA, Valdés A, Wu HF, Zhong T. List of Contributors. Food Preservation 2017:xv-xxi. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-804303-5.00024-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Georgescu M, Gheorghe I, Dudu A, Czobor I, Costache M, Cristea VC, Lazăr V, Chifiriuc MC. First report of OXA-72 producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Romania. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 13:87-8. [PMID: 27547405 PMCID: PMC4982923 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 07/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
This is the first report of an OXA-72-producing Acinetobacter baumannii strain in Romania, isolated from chronic leg ulcer samples. Identification of the strain was performed using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Presence of carbapenem resistance genes was investigated by PCR and sequencing. Our data support the spread of the blaOXA-72 gene in Eastern Europe.
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- M Georgescu
- Department of Dermatology, Central Emergency University Military Hospital "Carol Davila", Romania
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- Research Institute, ICUB, Romania; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Romania
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- Research Institute, ICUB, Romania; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Romania
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- Research Institute, ICUB, Romania; Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Romania
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- Research Institute, ICUB, Romania; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Romania
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Romania; Central Reference Laboratory Synevo, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Romania
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- Research Institute, ICUB, Romania; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Romania
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Czobor I, Novais Â, Rodrigues C, Chifiriuc MC, Mihăescu G, Lazăr V, Peixe L. Efficient transmission of IncFIIY and IncL plasmids and Klebsiella pneumoniae ST101 clone producing OXA-48, NDM-1 or OXA-181 in Bucharest hospitals. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2016; 48:223-4. [PMID: 27378198 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2015] [Revised: 04/23/2016] [Accepted: 05/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Ilda Czobor
- UCIBIO/REQUIMTE, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Faculty of Biology, Department of Microbiology, University of Bucharest, Portocalelor no. 1-3, District 6, Bucharest, Romania
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- UCIBIO/REQUIMTE, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- UCIBIO/REQUIMTE, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Microbiology, University of Bucharest, Portocalelor no. 1-3, District 6, Bucharest, Romania; ICUB, Institute of Research of University of Bucharest, Splaiul Independenței 91-95, District 5, Bucharest, Romania
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Microbiology, University of Bucharest, Portocalelor no. 1-3, District 6, Bucharest, Romania
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Microbiology, University of Bucharest, Portocalelor no. 1-3, District 6, Bucharest, Romania
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- UCIBIO/REQUIMTE, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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Gheorghe I, Czobor I, Chifiriuc MC, Borcan E, Ghiţă C, Banu O, Lazăr V, Mihăescu G, Mihăilescu DF, Zhiyong Z. Molecular screening of carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative strains in Romanian intensive care units during a one year survey. J Med Microbiol 2014; 63:1303-1310. [PMID: 25060972 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.074039-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
This is the first study, to our knowledge, performed on a significant number of strains (79 carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and 84 carbapenem-resistant non-fermenting Gram-negative rods, GNRs) isolated from tissue samples taken from patients in the intensive care units of two large hospitals in Bucharest, Romania, between 2011 and 2012. The results revealed a high prevalence and great diversity of carbapenemase genes (CRG), in both fermenting and non-fermenting Gram-negative carbapenem-resistant strains. The molecular screening of carbapenem-resistant GNRs revealed the presence of worldwide-distributed CRGs (i.e. blaOXA-48 and blaNDM-1 in Enterobacteriaceae and blaOXA-23, blaVIM-4, blaOXA-10-like, blaOXA-60-like, blaSPM-like and blaGES-like in non-fermenting GNRs), reflecting the rapid evolution and spread of carbapenemase producers, particularly in hospitals. Rapid identification of the colonized or infected patients is required, as are epidemiological investigations to establish the local or imported origin of the respective strains.
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- Irina Gheorghe
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Portocalelor 1-3, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Portocalelor 1-3, Bucharest, Romania
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- Cantacuzino National Institute of Research and Development for Microbiology and Immunology, Splaiul Independenţei 103, Bucharest, Romania.,Research Institute of the University of Bucharest, University of Bucharest, B.P. Hasdeu Street 10, Bucharest, Romania.,Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Portocalelor 1-3, Bucharest, Romania
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- Fundeni Clinical Hospital, Fundeni Road 258, Bucharest, Romania
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- Fundeni Clinical Hospital, Fundeni Road 258, Bucharest, Romania
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- C. C. Iliescu Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Fundeni Road 258, Bucharest
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Portocalelor 1-3, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Portocalelor 1-3, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Anatomy and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Splaiul Independenţei 91-95, Bucharest, Romania
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- Centre of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxuexiang 37, Chengdu, China
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