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Case Reports
. 2012 Jun;14(3):316-20.
doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2011.00701.x. Epub 2011 Dec 14.

Severe infection in a lung transplant recipient caused by donor-transmitted carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

N Martins  1 , I S Martins, W V de Freitas, J A de Matos, A C G Magalhães, V B C Girão, R C S Dias, T C de Souza, F L P C Pellegrino, L D Costa, C H R Boasquevisque, S A Nouér, L W Riley, G Santoro-Lopes, B M Moreira
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Severe infection in a lung transplant recipient caused by donor-transmitted carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

N Martins et al. Transpl Infect Dis. 2012 Jun.

Abstract

We describe a case of proven donor transmission of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, which resulted in severe infectious complications after lung transplantation. A single bla(OXA-23) positive strain, belonging to a new multilocus sequence type (ST231), was isolated from donor and recipient, who died 65 days after transplantation. This report highlights the current challenges associated with the potential transmission of multidrug-resistant infections through organ transplantation.

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Dendrogram of RAPD band profiles obtained with Acinetobacter baumannii study isolates. C74 is a control isolate from laboratory collection. RAPD, random amplification of polymorphic DNA.
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