Table 1.
Distribution of carbapenemase genes among A. baumannii isolates from animal sources.
| Sample Collection * |
bla OXA-23 | bla OXA-58 | Carbapenemase Positive Ab Isolates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host/Origin | Country | IC | STPa | |||
| n (%) | n (%) | (n Isolates) | ||||
| 1 (n = 473 Ab Isolates) |
0 | 15 (3.2) | dog (10), cat (4), air con-ditioner (1) | GER (15) | IC1 (15) | ST1 (15) |
| 2 (n = 30 Ab Isolates) |
13 | 14 | dog/cat (18/10) | GER (16), FRA (9), ITA (3) | IC1 (13), IC7 (10), IC10 (1), n.a. (4) | ST1 (13), ST10 (1), ST25 (10), ST578 (1), ST602 (3) |
* Sample collection 1: isolates not pre-selected for susceptibility to carbapenems or any other antibiotic class; sample collection 2: isolates pre-selected for carbapenem non-susceptibility by VITEK 2 (MICs ≥ 2 mg/L for imipenem). Abbreviations: Ab, A. baumannii n, number; n.a., not assigned; GER, Germany; FRA, France; ITA, Italy; STPa, multilocus sequence type according to the Pasteur scheme (https://pubmlst.org/bigsdb?db=pubmlst_abaumannii_pasteur_seqdef; access on 20 May 2022).