%0 Journal Article
%T Detection of carbapenemase producing Acinetobacter baumannii ST19 from Georgia and Ukraine carrying bla OXA-23, bla OXA-72, and/or bla NDM-5, December 2019 to June 2023.
%A Luo TL
%A Martin MJ
%A Kovalchuk V
%A Kondratiuk V
%A Trapaidze N
%A Metreveli M
%A Hulseberg CE
%A Dao HD
%A Kwak YI
%A Maybank R
%A Musich TA
%A Scherer MR
%A Bennett JW
%A Mc Gann PT
%A Lebreton F
%J Euro Surveill
%V 29
%N 24
%D 2024 Jun
%M 38873796
%F 21.286
%R 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.24.2400259
%X In 2003-2023, amid 5,436 Acinetobacter baumannii isolates collected globally through the Multidrug-Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network, 97 were ST19PAS, 34 of which carbapenem-resistant. Strains (n = 32) sampled after 2019 harboured either bla OXA-23, bla OXA-72, and/or bla NDM-5. Phylogenetic analysis of the 97 isolates and 11 publicly available ST19 genomes revealed three sub-lineages of carbapenemase-producing isolates from mainly Ukraine and Georgia, including an epidemic clone carrying all three carbapenemase genes. Infection control and global surveillance of carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii remain important.