Intrahospital dissemination of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii at a teaching hospital in Northeast of Mexico

IF 1.8 Q3 INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Infection Prevention in Practice Pub Date : 2025-01-25 DOI:10.1016/j.infpip.2025.100443

Samantha Villarreal-Cruz , Adrián Camacho-Ortiz , Samantha Flores-Treviño , Licet Villarreal-Treviño , Paola Bocanegra-Ibarias

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Abstract

Background

Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic drug-resistant Gram-negative coccobacillus associated with nosocomial infections, representing a worldwide public health problem.

Aim

The aim of this study was to analyse the dissemination of A. baumannii in two hospital buildings in Mexico through phenotypic and genotypic characterization of clinical isolates obtained for three years.

Methods

Clinical strains were collected from two buildings in a tertiary-care hospital in Monterrey, Mexico. After species identification by MALDI-TOF MS and PCR, antimicrobial susceptibility was determined by disk diffusion and microdilution methods, carbapenemase-encoding genes (OXA-23, -24, -51, and -58) were searched, and clonal diversity was analysed by PFGE and MLST.

Findings

Among 204 specimens, 87.3% and 50.5% of the isolates were classified as multidrug-resistant (MDR) and difficult-to-treat-resistant (DTR), respectively. The OXA-24 gene was detected in 95% of the isolates. Most isolates (n=181) were grouped into 15 clones, four which predominated and disseminated after five months. Among ST detected (ST1694, ST758, ST124, and ST490), ST124, which belongs to the high-risk CC636 clonal complex, is reported for the first time in Mexico.

Conclusions

Long-term persistence and dissemination of A. baumannii clones were observed in specific hospital wards from two buildings in a tertiary-care hospital in Mexico. High antimicrobial resistance, such as MDR and DTR, were observed in this hospital. DTR surveillance and early recognition of MDR A. baumannii clones should be performed routinely to prevent their dissemination.

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