rapid dissemination of colistin and carbapenem resistant acinetobacter baumannii in central greece: mechanisms of resistance, molecular identification and epidemiological data. | colistin-resistant/carbapenem-resistant acinetobacter baumannii is a significant challenge for antibiotic treatment and infection control policies. since 2012, in central greece an increase of colistin/pan- resistant a. baumannii has occurred, indicating the need for further analysis. | 2015 | 26653099 |
identification of oxa-23-producing acinetobacter baumannii in greece, 2010 to 2011. | we report on the sequence type and beta-lactamase content of 174 carbapenem-resistant acinetobacter baumannii isolates recovered from clinical specimens during 2010 and 2011 in a tertiary care hospital in central greece. carbapenem resistance was associated mainly with carriage of the bla(oxa-23) gene (in 72.4% of the isolates). to our knowledge, this is the first description of a. baumannii strains producing oxa-23 in greece. during 2011, in our hospital they rapidly ‘replaced’ the previously p ... | 2012 | 22449866 |