Outbreak of NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in France, January to May 2013

J W Decousser; C Jansen; P Nordmann; A Emirian; R A Bonnin; L Anais; J C Merle; L Poirel

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.31.20547

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Outbreak of NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in France, January to May 2013
J W Decousser^1,2 , C Jansen^2,3 , P Nordmann^4,5 , A Emirian^1,2 , R A Bonnin⁴ , L Anais¹ , J C Merle⁶ , L Poirel^4,5
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Virology, Bacteriology - Infection Control, Parasitology –Mycology, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), University Hospital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France ² University Paris East Créteil (UPEC), Faculty of Medicine, Créteil, France ³ Infection Control, Prevention and Epidemiology Unit, AP-HP, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France ⁴ INSERM U914 ‘Emerging Antibiotic Resistance’, Le-Kremlin-Bicêtre, France ⁵ Medical and Molecular Microbiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland ⁶ Department of Anaesthesiology, AP-HP, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France

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Citation style for this article: Decousser J W, Jansen C, Nordmann P, Emirian A, Bonnin R A, Anais L, Merle J C, Poirel L. Outbreak of NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in France, January to May 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(31):pii=20547. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.31.20547 Received: 23 Jul 2013

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Abstract

We report the first outbreak of carbapenem-resistant NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Europe, in a French intensive-care unit in January to May 2013. The index patient was transferred from Algeria and led to the infection/colonisation of five additional patients. Concurrently, another imported case from Algeria was identified. The seven isolates were genetically indistinguishable, belonging to ST85. The blaNDM-1 carbapenemase gene was part of the chromosomally located composite transposon Tn125. This report underscores the growing concern about the spread of NDM-1-producing A. baumannii in Europe.