TABLE 2.
Summary of characters and origin of Acinetobacter isolates from 46 patientsa and two officer candidate school (OCS) trainees
| Group | AFLP type | Species | No. of individuals | Identification with (EU) clonesb | Specimen(s) from which isolates originated (no.) | Ward (no. of isolates) | Hospital days of first culture per patient, median (range) | Resistance: no. of antibiotics | OXA gene (no. of isolates) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients | 2 | Between 1 and 3 | 1 | NA | Wound (1) | Ward (1) | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | A. baumannii | 1 | Unique | Respiratory tract (1) | ICU (1) | 1 | 0 | ||
| 4 | A. baumannii | 1 | Unique | Wound (1) | Ward (1) | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | A. baumannii | 3 | III | Wound (2); blood (1); respiratory tract (1) | Ward (2); ICU (2) | 1 (1-3) | 8 or 9 | ||
| 6 | A. baumannii | 1 | Unique | Wound (1) | Ward (1) | 1 | 0 | ||
| 7 | A. baumannii | 1 | Unique | Wound (1) | Ward (1) | 13 | 0 | ||
| 9 | A. baumannii | 4 | II | Wound (1); respiratory tract (2); skin (2) | ICU (5) | 3 (1-9) | 7-10 | ||
| 10 | A. baumannii | 1 | II | Urine (1) | Ward | 1 | 6 | ||
| 11 | A. baumannii | 6 | II | Blood (1); respiratory tract (2); skin (3) | Ward (2); ICU (4) | 6 (1-20) | 7 or 8 | ||
| 12 | A. baumannii | 1 | I | Skin (1) | ICU (1) | 1 | 9 | ||
| 13 | A. baumannii | 1 | I | Urine (1) | Ward (1) | 10 | 9c | OXA-23 (1) | |
| 15 | A. baumannii | 1 | Unique | Unknown (1) | Landstuhl (1) | NAg | 6d | OXA-58 (1) | |
| 16 | A. baumannii | 14 | Novel clone | Wound (9); blood (1); respiratory tract (6); skin (2); unknown (1) | ICU (11); ward (7); Landstuhl (1) | 3 (1-28) | 4-9e | OXA-58 (16) | |
| 17 | A. baumannii | 2 | Novel clone | Wound (2) | Ward (2) | 7 (2-12) | 7 | ||
| 18 | A. baumannii | 10 | Unique | Wound (4); respiratory tract (1); skin (7); urine (1); catheter tip (2); unknown (1) | ICU (11); ward (4); Landstuhl (1) | 2 (1-30) | 8 or 9f | OXA-23 (16) | |
| 19 | A. baumannii | 1 | Unique | Skin (1) | ICU (1) | 1 | 8 | ||
| Trainees | 1 | 13TU | 1 | NA | Nares (1) | NA | NA | 0 | |
| 8 | A. baumannii | 1 | Unique | Nares (1) | NA | NA | 3 | ||
| 14 | A. baumannii | 1 | Unique | Nares (1) | NA | NA | 1 |
a
Two distinct AFLP types in 4 individuals each.
b
Clones sensu Ørskov and Ørskov (26); NA, not applicable (non-A. baumannii); EU clones I to III (Dijkshoorn et al., 1996 [4], and van Dessel et al., 2004 [37]).
c
Imipenem and meropenem resistant.
d
Carbapenem susceptible.
e
Ten isolates imipenem resistant and 14 isolates meropemen resistant.
f
All 16 isolates imipenem and meropenem resistant.
g
NA, not applicable.