Extensively Drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Belonging to International Clone II from A Pet Cat with Urinary Tract Infection; The First Report from Pakistan

Main Authors: TAJ, ZEESHAN, RASOOL, MUHAMMAD HIDAYAT, ALMATROUDI, AHMAD, SAQALEIN, MUHAMMAD, KHURSHID, MOHSIN
Format: Article eJournal
Terbitan: , 2020
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3773466
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  • AbstractThe carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) has got global attention as a notorious nosocomial pathogen. This study describes a case of urinary tract infection in a 2-years old pet female cat infected with A. baumannii. The susceptibility profiling, screening for the resistance determinants, and the multilocus sequence typing was performed. The A. baumannii isolate was found to harbor the blaOXA23-like gene and corresponded to International clone II that has been widely reported to be involved in human infections. The study proposes that the pets may contribute towards the spread of clinically relevant antimicrobial-resistant pathogens.