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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2004, p. 1759-1763, Vol. 42, No. 4
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1759-1763.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Dissemination of a Clone of Unusual Phenotype of Pandrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii at a University Hospital in Taiwan

Lu-Cheng Kuo,1 Lee-Jene Teng,1,2 Chong-Jen Yu,1 Shen-Wu Ho,1,2 and Po-Ren Hsueh1,3*

Departments of Internal Medicine,1 Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital,3 School of Medical Technology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan2

Received 8 October 2003/ Returned for modification 8 December 2003/ Accepted 22 December 2003

From December 2002 to February 2003, 15 isolates of pandrug-resistant unidentified Acinetobacter species were recovered from seven patients treated on different wards or intensive care units. Both 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism profiles and sequence analysis of these isolates identified them as Acinetobacter baumannii. This pandrug-resistant A. baumannii strain with an unusual phenotype could persist in humans for long periods and was widely disseminated throughout the hospital.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Rd., Taipei, Taiwan. Phone: 886-2-23123456, ext. 5363. Fax: 886-2-23224263. E-mail: hsporen{at}ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2004, p. 1759-1763, Vol. 42, No. 4
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1759-1763.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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