Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from pets and horses in Switzerland: molecular characterization and clinical data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We investigated whether Acinetobacter baumannii isolates of veterinary origin shared common molecular characteristics with those described in humans.

Methods

Nineteen A. baumannii isolates collected in pets and horses were analysed. Clonality was studied using repetitive extragenic palindromic PCR (rep-PCR) and multilocus sequence typing (MLST). PCR and DNA sequencing for various β-lactamase, aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme, gyrA and parC, ISAba1 and IS1133, adeR and adeS of the AdeABC efflux pump, carO porin and class 1/2/3 integron genes were performed.

Results

Two main clones [A (n = 8) and B (n = 9)] were observed by rep-PCR. MLST indicated that clone A contained isolates of sequence type (ST) ST12 (international clone II) and clone B contained isolates

SUBMITTER: Endimiani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3172040 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature