Six Extensively Drug-Resistant Bacteria in an Injured Soldier, Ukraine

Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Aug;29(8):1692-1695. doi: 10.3201/eid2908.230567. Epub 2023 Jul 15.

Abstract

Blood and surveillance cultures from an injured service member from Ukraine grew Acinetobacter baumannii, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterococcus faecium, and 3 distinct Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains. Isolates were nonsusceptible to most antibiotics and carried an array of antibiotic resistant genes, including carbapenemases (blaIMP-1, blaNDM-1, blaOXA-23, blaOXA-48, blaOXA-72) and 16S methyltransferases (armA and rmtB4).

Keywords: Acinetobacter baumannii; Enterococcus faecium; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Ukraine; XDR; antibiotic resistance; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; extensively drug-resistant bacteria; hypervirulence.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter baumannii*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacteria / genetics
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Military Personnel*
  • Ukraine / epidemiology
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • beta-Lactamases