{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: 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.
{Author}: Luo TL;Martin MJ;Kovalchuk V;Kondratiuk V;Trapaidze N;Metreveli M;Hulseberg CE;Dao HD;Kwak YI;Maybank R;Musich TA;Scherer MR;Bennett JW;Mc Gann PT;Lebreton F;
{Journal}: Euro Surveill
{Volume}: 29
{Issue}: 24
{Year}: 2024 Jun
{Factor}: 21.286
{DOI}: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.24.2400259
{Abstract}: 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.