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. 2015 Nov 23:9:11-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2015.11.010. eCollection 2016 Jan.

First report of Oxa-72-producing Acinetobacter calcoaceticus in Lebanon

A Al Atrouni  1 , M Kempf  2 , M Eveillard  2 , R Rafei  3 , M Hamze  3 , M-L Joly-Guillou  2
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First report of Oxa-72-producing Acinetobacter calcoaceticus in Lebanon

A Al Atrouni et al. New Microbes New Infect. .

Abstract

Emergence of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. has been increasingly reported worldwide. We report here the first detection of an Acinetobacter calcoaceticus isolate from vegetables in Lebanon carrying the bla Oxa-72 gene. These findings show that the Lebanese environment may constitute a potential reservoir for this antibiotic resistance gene.

Keywords: Acinetobacter calcoaceticus; Lebanon; blaOxa-72; carbapenem resistance; vegetables.

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