Dissemination of Clinical Acinetobacter baumannii Isolate to Hospital Environment during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Pustijanac, Emina; Hrenović, Jasna; Vranić-Ladavac, Mirna; Močenić, Martina; Karčić, Natalie; Lazarić Stefanović, Lorena; Hrstić, Irena; Lončarić, Jasenka; Šeruga Musić, Martina; Drčelić, Marina; Majstorović, Dijana; Kovačić, Ines

doi:10.3390/pathogens12030410

Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 1260714

Dissemination of Clinical Acinetobacter baumannii Isolate to Hospital Environment during the COVID- 19 Pandemic

Pustijanac, Emina; Hrenović, Jasna; Vranić-Ladavac, Mirna; Močenić, Martina; Karčić, Natalie; Lazarić Stefanović, Lorena; Hrstić, Irena; Lončarić, Jasenka; Šeruga Musić, Martina; Drčelić, Marina et al.

Dissemination of Clinical Acinetobacter baumannii Isolate to Hospital Environment during the COVID- 19 Pandemic // Pathogens, 12 (2023), 410; 410, 7 doi:10.3390/pathogens12030410 (međunarodna recenzija, kratko priopcenje, znanstveni)

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Naslov
Dissemination of Clinical Acinetobacter baumannii Isolate to Hospital Environment during the COVID- 19 Pandemic

Autori
Pustijanac, Emina ; Hrenović, Jasna ; Vranić-Ladavac, Mirna ; Močenić, Martina ; Karčić, Natalie ; Lazarić Stefanović, Lorena ; Hrstić, Irena ; Lončarić, Jasenka ; Šeruga Musić, Martina ; Drčelić, Marina ; Majstorović, Dijana ; Kovačić, Ines

Izvornik
Pathogens (2076-0817) 12 (2023), 410; 410, 7

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, kratko priopcenje, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Acinetobacter baumannii ; air conditioner ; COVID-19 ; environment ; hospital ; resistance

Sažetak
Abstract: The aim of this study was to find the source of Acinetobacter baumannii in the intensive care unit (ICU) after an outbreak during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, as there was no A. baumannii detected on usually screened susceptible surfaces. The screening of the ICU environment was done in April 2021 when eleven different samples were taken. One A. baumannii isolate was recovered from the air conditioner and was compared with four clinical A. baumannii isolates obtained from patients hospitalized in January 2021. Isolates were confirmed by matrixassisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were determined, and the multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was performed. The molecular identification of A. baumannii isolates as ST208, the presence of the same blaOXA-23 carbapenemase gene, and the same antibiotic susceptibility profile suggest that the isolate recovered from the air conditioner is the same as the isolates recovered from hospitalized patients. The environmental isolate was recovered three months later than the clinical isolates, emphasizing the ability of A. baumannii to survive on dry abiotic surfaces. The air conditioner in the clinical environment is an important but undoubtedly neglected source of A. baumannii outbreaks, hence, frequent disinfection of hospital air conditioners with appropriate disinfectants is mandatory to mitigate the circulation of A. baumannii between patients and the hospital environment.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija, Interdisciplinarne prirodne znanosti, Kliničke medicinske znanosti

POVEZANOST RADA

Ustanove:
Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb,
Opća bolnica Pula,
Sveučilište Jurja Dobrile u Puli

Profili:

Dijana Majstorović (autor)